One good deed

[an Archer novel]

Belletristik

• DR.E : Belletristik : Romane, Erzählungen und Novellen : Thriller, Spannungs- und Agentenromane
• FS.E : Fremdsprachige Schriften : Einzelne Sprachen : Englische Schriften

Verfasser:
Baldacci, David

Verfasser Angabe:
David Baldacci

Sprache:
Englisch

• Englisch
• Veteran
• Gefängnis
• Thriller
• Mord

Verlag:
Grand Central Publishing

Erscheinungsort:
New York

Jahr:
2020

Umfang:
477 S.

Fußnote:
Text: Englisch

ISBN:
978-1-538-75054-4

Interessenskreise:
American Literature
American Shelves

Inhalt:
It's 1949. When war veteran Aloysius Archer is released from Carderock Prison, he is sent to Poca City on parole with a short list of do's and a much longer list of don'ts: do report regularly to his parole officer, don't go to bars, certainly don't drink alcohol, do get a job - and don't ever associate with loose women.
The small town quickly proves more complicated and dangerous than Archer's years serving in the war or his time in jail. Within a single night, his search for gainful employment - and a stiff drink - leads him to a local bar, where he is hired for what seems like a simple job: to collect a debt owed to a powerful local businessman, Hank Pittleman.
Soon Archer discovers that recovering the debt won't be so easy. The indebted man has a furious grudge against Hank and refuses to pay; Hank's clever mistress has her own designs on Archer; and both Hank and Archer's stern parole officer, Miss Crabtree, are keeping a sharp eye on him.
When a murder takes place right under Archer's nose, police suspicions rise against the ex-convict, and Archer realizes that the crime could send him right back to prison ... if he doesn't use every skill in his arsenal to track down the real killer.

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