Dream town
(Large Print)
Author:
NoveList Series:
Aloysius Archer novels volume 3.
Series:
Aloysius Archer series ; volume 3.
Published:
New York : Grand Central Publishing Large Print, 2022.
Format:
Large Print
Edition:
Large print edition.
Physical Desc:
612 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Status:
Description
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.
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.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Actresses -- Fiction.
Archer, Aloysius -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
California -- Fiction.
Ex-convicts -- Fiction.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.
Motion picture industry -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Nineteen fifties -- Fiction.
Parolees -- Fiction.
Private investigators -- Fiction.
Veterans -- Fiction.
Archer, Aloysius -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
California -- Fiction.
Ex-convicts -- Fiction.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.
Motion picture industry -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Nineteen fifties -- Fiction.
Parolees -- Fiction.
Private investigators -- Fiction.
Veterans -- Fiction.
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781538719749, 1538719746
Notes
Description
It is New Year's Eve, 1952 in Los Angeles. 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. A visit to Lamb's Malibu residence leaves Archer in no doubt of foul play when he's knocked unconscious entering the property, there's a dead body in the hallway and Eleanor seeming 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 Eleanor. Archer's investigation will take him from the rich and dangerous LA to the seedy and even more dangerous side of the city where cops and crooks work hand in hand. He'll cross paths with Hollywood stars, politicians and notorious criminals. He'll almost die several times, and he'll discover bodies from the Canyon to the Malibu beaches. And, with the help of Liberty and the infamous Willie Dash, he'll leave no stone unturned in trying to find out who Eleanor Lamb really was. Because 1953 Hollywood is a place where you have to survive regardless of who has to be sacrificed to get there.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Baldacci, D. (2022). Dream town. Large print edition. New York, Grand Central Publishing Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Baldacci, David. 2022. Dream Town. New York, Grand Central Publishing Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Baldacci, David, Dream Town. New York, Grand Central Publishing Large Print, 2022.
MLA Citation (style guide)Baldacci, David. Dream Town. Large print edition. New York, Grand Central Publishing Large Print, 2022.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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