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A review by humatariq
One Good Deed by David Baldacci
4.0
This is a new series by David Baldacci where he introduces his new character Aloysius Archer.
One Good Deed is set in 1949 USA, where life has started to get normal after WWII. Archer fought in the war and then was wrongfully imprisoned once he got back. Now he's out on parole and trying to find a job that doesn't require him to work at the slaughterhouse.
He accepts a job from business tycoon Hank Pittleman to collect a car collateral for an unpaid debt of Lucas Tuttle. But Lucas Tuttle is another town big-shot and things are not so simple as they first seem to Archer.
Archer soon finds himself embroiled right in the middle of a murder case and the body count seems to rise with each passing day. Between all this, Archer also finds time to moonlight as a detective and I think he may become one in the sequel. There's also a courtroom trial at the end of the book that reminded me of Perry Mason.
In addition to Gardner, this book also seem quite similar to the Agatha Christie stories. What I am happy about is while Christie and Gardner were only about 250 pages long, this is a 400 plus page story. I would definitely love to read more adventures of Archer.
One Good Deed is set in 1949 USA, where life has started to get normal after WWII. Archer fought in the war and then was wrongfully imprisoned once he got back. Now he's out on parole and trying to find a job that doesn't require him to work at the slaughterhouse.
He accepts a job from business tycoon Hank Pittleman to collect a car collateral for an unpaid debt of Lucas Tuttle. But Lucas Tuttle is another town big-shot and things are not so simple as they first seem to Archer.
Archer soon finds himself embroiled right in the middle of a murder case and the body count seems to rise with each passing day. Between all this, Archer also finds time to moonlight as a detective and I think he may become one in the sequel. There's also a courtroom trial at the end of the book that reminded me of Perry Mason.
In addition to Gardner, this book also seem quite similar to the Agatha Christie stories. What I am happy about is while Christie and Gardner were only about 250 pages long, this is a 400 plus page story. I would definitely love to read more adventures of Archer.