Dream Town (Private Investigator Archer Book 3)

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When he does, Eleanor is nowhere to be found, but there’s a body in the house, leaving Archer to wonder if she might have been responsible.

It’s an intricate, tight, satisfying read by Baldacci, and I can’t wait to read whatever this steadfast gumshoe gets himself tied up in next. Archer takes plenty of physical abuse in the story, but at least he doesn’t get a bullet between the eyes like the guy he trips over.The reader learns a little more about his interest in both detective work and as certain lucky lady, both of which come to a head by the closing chapters of this book. Though he isn't present in every scene, he conveys each piece of the story leading up to the murder as if he were an omniscient narrator, capable of accessing every character's interior perspective.

He connects his plot, characters, and style together like the lyrics of a good Eagles hit song that you just sing along with and get lost in the music. Another great story … But it’s the last in the series of Aloysius but the scene is set for his next adventure.The fashions, the dialogue and the upbeat attitudes that define the times are captured and portrayed in vivid detail. He discovers that there’s far more to be worried about than be impressed with in this lifestyle as he uncovers a brutal world of drugs, sex and blackmail. While there a mousy woman named Eleanor Lamb approaches Archer with a shocking accusation that someone is out to kill her, and she'd like to hire Archer to find out who it is and what they want.

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 . In fact, David Baldacci seems to be writing a whole slew of characters of late that I’m finding absolutely compelling, and I’m loving it. The narration by Edoardo Ballerini (all male voices) and Brittany Pressley (all female voices) was excellent. He’d bought it with his gambling winnings in Reno, and only a bullet hole in the windscreen post mars its perfection.I am eager to see where things are headed for him and how Baldacci will continue to shape Archer’s character in the years to come. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Archer’s takes him behind the scenes of the Hollywood power elite, the dark sides of Los Angeles, and the glitzy world of Las Vegas, as he tries to piece together the connection between the dead body and Elanor’s disappearance. A lifelong Virginian, David is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia School of Law. The personality and values that have made Archer such a likable and decent man continue to shine through.

From the get-go, Archer is on his guard, he believes Lamb is not telling all she knows about who might want her dead. Set seven decades i nthe past, there will always be interesting characters with which to contend and Baldacci finds ways of keeping them interesting until the very end. Overall, “Dream Town” is an enjoyable journey back in time when things were different and America was recovering and rebuilding following the devastation of World War II, and unfortunately men and power ran the world.

The chapters are short and there is so much action that I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next. Everyone lies and it is hard to find the truth but Archer is determined to find Lamb and a murderer. I see a number of loose ends left blowing in the wind and can only hope that Baldacci will address them before long, as my curiosity needs some sort of answer.