Dream town / David Baldacci.
By: Baldacci, David [author].
Series: Baldacci, David. Aloysius Archer: 3.Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Charnwood, 2022Edition: Large print edition.Description: 468 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781444849318.Subject(s): Archer, Aloysius (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Private investigators -- Fiction | Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction | Screenwriters -- Fiction | Veterans -- Fiction | Missing persons -- Investigation -- Fiction | Actors and actresses -- Fiction | Ex-convicts -- Fiction | Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction | Las Vegas (Nev.) -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction. | Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: Los Angeles, 1952. It is New Year's Eve, and PI Aloysius Archer is dining with his friend and rising Hollywood actress Liberty Callahan when they're approached by Eleanor Lamb, a screenwriter looking to hire him, as she suspects someone is trying to kill her. A visit to her Malibu residence leaves Archer knocked unconscious after he stumbles over a dead body in the hallway. Meanwhile, Lamb seems to have vanished. With the police now involved in the case, a close friend and colleague of hers employs Archer to find out what's happened. Archer's investigation takes him from the rich, glamorous and glitzy LA to the seedy, dark side of the city, and onward to the gambling mecca of Las Vegas. In a place where cops and crooks work hand in hand, Archer will cross paths with Hollywood stars, politicians, criminals - and Death...| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Chester Lane Library Large Print | Available | 38055013156906 |
Los Angeles, 1952. It is New Year's Eve, and PI Aloysius Archer is dining with his friend and rising Hollywood actress Liberty Callahan when they're approached by Eleanor Lamb, a screenwriter looking to hire him, as she suspects someone is trying to kill her. A visit to her Malibu residence leaves Archer knocked unconscious after he stumbles over a dead body in the hallway. Meanwhile, Lamb seems to have vanished. With the police now involved in the case, a close friend and colleague of hers employs Archer to find out what's happened. Archer's investigation takes him from the rich, glamorous and glitzy LA to the seedy, dark side of the city, and onward to the gambling mecca of Las Vegas. In a place where cops and crooks work hand in hand, Archer will cross paths with Hollywood stars, politicians, criminals - and Death...
Adult.