Dream Town (Archer #3) (2022)
1953 LA. Private investigator and World War II veteran Aloysius Archer intends to ring in the New Year with old friend, aspiring actress Liberty Callahan. Screenwriter Eleanor Lamb interrupts to hire Archer.
After events escalate—mysterious calls, the same car outside her house, and a bloody knife in her sink—Eleanor fears for her life. First a dead body turns up inside of Eleanor’s home . . . and Eleanor herself disappears.
To find both the murderer and Eleanor, Archer enlists Callahan and his partner Willie Dash. The investigation takes him from mob-ridden Las Vegas to glamorous Hollywood to the darkest corners of Los Angeles—a city where beautiful faces belong to cutthroat schemers, cops can be more corrupt than criminals . . . and powerful people who took his client will kill Archer on their trail.
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All that glitters...
1952, Los Angeles. It is New Year’s Eve and private investigator Aloysius Archer is dining with his friend and rising Hollywood star Liberty Callahan when they’re approached by Eleanor Lamb, a famous screenwriter, who would like to hire him as she suspects someone is trying to kill her.
Murder and mystery
A visit to Lamb’s Malibu residence leaves Archer in no doubt of foul play after he’s knocked unconscious entering the property, there’s a dead body in the hallway and Eleanor seems to have vanished. With the police now involved in the case, a close friend and colleague of Lamb’s employs Archer to find out what’s happened to her.
The City of Angels – or somewhere much, much darker?
Archer’s investigation takes him from the rich, glamorous and glitzy LA to the seedy, dark side of the city, a place where cops and crooks work hand in hand. Archer will cross paths with Hollywood stars, politicians and notorious criminals. He’ll almost die several times. And he’ll discover bodies from the canyons and beaches of Malibu and the luxurious mansions of Bel Air and Beverly Hills to the streets and clubs of Chinatown.
With the help of Liberty and the infamous Willie Dash, he’ll leave no stone unturned in solving the mystery of Eleanor Lamb – and who and what is behind the murder trail.
| Author | David Baldacci |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Macmillan |
| Place | London |
| Year | 2022-03-29 |
| ISBN | 9781529061864 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Condition | Good |
| Comments | Slight forward lean |
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