One Good Deed [electronic resource] / David Baldacci.
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- ISBN: 9781549152771
- ISBN: 1549152777
- Physical Description: 1 online resource
- Publisher: [S.I.] : Blackstone Publishing, 2019.
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci introduces an unforgettable new character: Archer, a straight-talking former World War II soldier fresh out of prison for a crime he didnât commit.
Itâs 1949. When war veteran Aloysius Archer is released from Carderock Prison, he is sent to Poca City on parole with a short list of dos and a much longer list of donâts: do report regularly to his parole officer, donât go to bars, certainly donât drink alcohol, do get a jobâand donât ever associate with loose women.
The small town quickly proves more complicated and dangerous than Archerâs years serving in the war or his time in jail. Within a single night, his search for gainful employmentâand a stiff drinkâleads 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 wonât be so easy. The indebted man has a furious grudge against Hank and refuses to pay; Hankâs clever mistress has her own designs on Archer; and both Hank and Archerâs stern parole officer, Miss Crabtree, are keeping a sharp eye on him.
When a murder takes place right under Archerâs nose, police suspicions rise against the ex-convict, and Archer realizes that the crime could send him right back to prison ⦠if he doesnât use every skill in his arsenal to track down the real killer.