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David Baldacci
Private investigator and World War II veteran Aloysius Archer heads to Los Angeles, the city where dreams are made and shattered, and is ensnared in a lethal case in this latest thriller in #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci’s Nero Award-winning series. It’s the eve of 1953, and Aloysius Archer is in Los Angeles to ring in the New Year with an old friend, aspiring actress Liberty Callahan, when their evening is interrupted by an acquaintance of Callahan’s: Eleanor Lamb, a screenwriter in dire straits. After a series of increasingly chilling events—mysterious phone calls, the same blue car loitering outside her house, and a bloody knife left in her sink—Eleanor fears that her life is in danger, and she wants to hire Archer to look into the matter. Archer suspects that Eleanor knows more than she’s saying, but before he can officially take on her case, a dead body turns up inside of Eleanor’s home . . . and Eleanor herself disappears. Missing client or not, Archer is dead set on finding both the murderer and Eleanor. With the help of Callahan and his partner Willie Dash, he launches an investigation that will take him from mob-ridden Las Vegas to the glamorous world of Hollywood to the darkest corners of Los Angeles—a city in which beautiful faces are attached to cutthroat schemers, where the cops can be more corrupt than the criminals . . . and where the powerful people responsible for his client’s disappearance will kill without a moment’s hesitation if they catch Archer on their trail.
Whodunit
Historical Fiction
Thriller
Mystery
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Author
David Baldacci
Pages
432
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Published Date
2022-04-19
ISBN
1538719789 9781538719787
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"Just a very good thriller book,David Baldacci is a great author!"
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Jonathan Kent
"It took me 4.5 months to finish this book! Unusual when he’s one of my favorite authors.
This book was set during the Duck Tracy era, automobiles had seats that you could slide right through to the other side, when everything wasn’t expensive, and when women had no say and couldn’t buy anything without a man’s name or approval. "
"no I haven’t read it yet but I am going to read it soon lol "
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Emma edwards
"This book is supremely well-written. It provides a sober overview of the long and complicated racial history of Shaker Heights and follows that up with an in-depth contemporary account of the ongoing challenges Shaker faces moving forward. It is critical in places and gives plaudits in others. As a white author, Meckler addresses her own biases through extremely well thought out bits of personal commentary sprinkled across the narrative. As a native of Shaker Heights it was at times painful, but ultimately left me immensely proud of the effort Shaker has made over the decades; Effort other cities in the same position have not. The journey is not over but the retrospective progress is something to be proud of."
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