mandylovestoread 's review for:

A Gambling Man by David Baldacci

4.0

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David Baldacci never disappoints with his well executed plotlines and intriguing characters. Aloysius Archer is an character that draws you in with his gentlemanly actions and sense of what is right. I love that this series is set post war with the world starting to change in alot of different ways.

After the events of the first book, One Good Deed, Archer is ready to move on from Poca City and heads for California to become a Private Investigator with Willie Dash. He stops in Reno on the way where luck is on his side. After a windfall at the casino, he buys a car to help a man and meets Liberty Callahan, a dancer with stars in her eyes. The pair head to Bay Town and a new life. Archer is immediately thrown into a case of blackmail and murder which will take him to the darkest depths of his new home.

Baldacci makes you feel like you have stepped back in time with his fantastic descriptions of the fashions, the attitudes and the atmosphere of the places in this book. I do love a crime thriller and can't wait for more from Archer.

Thanks to MacMillian Australia for my copy of this book to read.