A Playing Man (An Archer Novel)

Aloysius Archer, the straight-talking World Warfare II veteran recent out of jail, returns on this riveting #1 New York Instances bestselling thriller from David Baldacci.

The Nineteen Fifties are on the horizon, and Archer is in dire want of a recent begin after a virtually deadly detour in Poca Metropolis. So Archer hops on a bus and begins the lengthy journey out west to California, the place rumor has it there’s cash to be made for those who’re hard-working, fortunate, legal—or all three.
 
Alongside the way in which, Archer stops in Reno, the place a stroke of fortune delivers him a wad of money and an eye-popping blood-red 1939 Delahaye convertible—plus a companion for the ultimate leg of the journey, an aspiring actress named Liberty Callahan who’s planning to strive her luck in Hollywood. However when the 2 arrive in Bay City, California, Archer rapidly discovers that the hordes of people that flocked there in search of fame and fortune landed in a false paradise that as a substitute caters to their worst addictions and fears.
 
Archer’s first cease is a P.I. workplace the place he’s hoping to apprentice with a legendary personal eye and former FBI agent named Willie Sprint. He lands the job, and instantly finds himself within the thick of a possible scandal: a blackmail case involving a rich well-connected politician operating for mayor that quickly spins into one thing much more sinister. As our bodies start falling, Archer and Sprint should infiltrate the world of brothels, playing dens, drug operations, and long-hidden secrets and techniques, descending into the rotten bones of a corrupt city that’s promoting itself because the promised land—however may truly be the street to perdition, and Archer’s remaining resting place.