Dream Town (Private Investigator Archer Book 3)

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Set in the early 1950's in Hollywood, it has all the glitz and glamour of the era that I just loved. Edoardo Ballerini и Brittany Pressley, които успяват да придадат на всеки един от персонажите отделна индивидуалност, дарявайки ги със собствени отличителни гласове, историята оживява почти като филм. This is another example of that versatility, as he pens a story that is pulled right out of the gumshoe era, which differs greatly from many of his other series. Highly recommended and no real need to read the earlier two books although it is probably more fun if you do. The book captures the glamour of the era, the rise of the Hollywood star and the importance of the movie studios and the people who pull the strings, but also the seedier side of the town.

With the help of Liberty and his PI partner Willie Dash, Archer will risk everything and leave no stone unturned in finding the missing Eleanor Lamb, and in bringing to justice killers who would love nothing better than to plant Archer six feet under. Most of the minor characters are your stereotypical bad guys, but I didn't mind, as it was still fun to read. After discovering the body, he stops at the beach on and is accosted by some stranger and nearly killed.Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around February 21, 2023. The LA setting is wonderfully described and made it easy to visualise all the exotic cars and the beautiful homes of the Hollywood stars. Now we’ve reached the 3rd book in the series, Dream Town, and Archer is virtually a solo PI taking on crime in L.

Whilst I wouldn’t trust anyone in this book, with the obvious exception of Archer and his allies, I wasn’t expecting what actually comes to pass at all. Baldacci’s take on Hollywood in the fifties is quite refreshing and a great part of this mystery novel’s charm. 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. A lifelong Virginian, David is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia School of Law.Their potential romance is still simmering as they spend the evening out on town with some of Hollywood’s most famous stars and sites. Brooks places the epicenter of the Bigfoot war in a high-tech hideaway populated by the kind of people you might find in a Jurassic Park franchise: the schmo who doesn’t know how to do much of anything but tries anyway, the well-intentioned bleeding heart, the know-it-all intellectual who turns out to know the wrong things, the immigrant with a tough backstory and an instinct for survival. 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 . He’ll almost die several times, and he’ll discover bodies and secrets from the canyons and beaches of Malibu and the luxurious mansions of Bel Air and Beverly Hills to the narcotics clubs of Chinatown. Absolutely recommended for folks who like their action with that perfect historical, American noirish edge.