Dream Town (Private Investigator Archer Book 3)

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It’s an intricate, tight, satisfying read by Baldacci, and I can’t wait to read whatever this steadfast gumshoe gets himself tied up in next.

The chapters are short and there is so much action that I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next. When I read the synopsis for this book, I just knew that I was going to enjoy it and boy did I ever! A volcanic eruption is quite another, for, as the journalist who does a framing voice-over narration for Brooks’ latest puts it, when Mount Rainier popped its cork, “it was the psychological aspect, the hyperbole-fueled hysteria that had ended up killing the most people. Dream Town (2022) continues the journey of Baldacci's late 1940's/early 1950's hardboiled detective character Aloysius Archer who was introduced in One Good Deed (2019) with a follow-up in A Gambling Man (2021). And then things get truly dangerous as it becomes uncertain whether Archer will be able to manage to escape with his life.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. 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 . His backstory is always coming up, but it is the great character development that keeps the reader enthralled. The plot advances effectively and finds ways of keeping me on my toes throughout, which can sometimes be a daunting task. 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.

Brooks presents a case for making room for Bigfoot in the world while peppering his narrative with timely social criticism about bad behavior on the human side of the conflict: The explosion of Rainier might have been better forecast had the president not slashed the budget of the U. While this book is part of a series, it's written as a standalone and you don't have to read the other books to enjoy this one. Although I found it to be not as good as the two first books in this series it still captivates and has lots of fun chapters. 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 . Another great story … But it’s the last in the series of Aloysius but the scene is set for his next adventure.

Luck and grit keep him alive in both Vegas and the City of Angels, which is rife with gangsters and crooked cops.