Overview
The gripping second historical crime novel in David Baldacci's Private Investigator Archer series, following the Sunday Times top five bestseller One Good Deed.
<p><b>Evoking the golden age of crime, and for fans of Raymond Chandler and Agatha Christie, comes the second book in the Private Investigator Archer series, <i>A Gambling Man </i>from one of the world’s bestselling thriller writers, David Baldacci.</b><br><br><b>A lucky roll of the dice</b><br><br>California, 1949. Aloysius Archer is on his way to start a new job with a renowned Private Investigator in Bay Town. Feeling lucky, he stops off at a casino in Reno, where he meets an aspiring actress, Liberty Callahan. Together, they head west on a journey filled with danger and surprises – because Archer isn’t the only one with a secretive past.<br><br><b>A risk worth taking</b><br><br>Arriving in a town rife with corruption, Archer is tasked with finding out who is doing everything they can to disrupt the appointment of a top official. Then two seemingly unconnected people are murdered at a burlesque club. In a tight-lipped community, Archer must dig deep to reveal the connection between the victims.<br><br><b>All bets are off</b><br><br>As the final perilous showdown unfurls, Archer will need all of his skills to decipher the truth from the lies and finally, to prove she’s a star in the making, will Liberty have her moment in the spotlight?</p>
- | Author: David Baldacci
- | Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- | Publication Date: Sep 30, 2021
- | Number of Pages:
- | Language: eng
- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781529061796
- | ISBN-10: 1529061792
