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Dream Town

Written by: David Baldacci
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Brittany Pressley
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Private investigator and World War II veteran Aloysius Archer heads to Los Angeles, the city where dreams are made and shattered, and is ensnared in a lethal case in this latest thriller in #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci’s Nero Award-winning series.

It’s the eve of 1953, and Aloysius Archer is in Los Angeles to ring in the New Year with an old friend, aspiring actress Liberty Callahan, when their evening is interrupted by an acquaintance of Callahan’s: Eleanor Lamb, a screenwriter in dire straits.

After a series of increasingly chilling events—mysterious phone calls, the same blue car loitering outside her house, and a bloody knife left in her sink—Eleanor fears that her life is in danger, and she wants to hire Archer to look into the matter. 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 . . . and Eleanor herself disappears.

Missing client or not, Archer is dead set on finding both the murderer and Eleanor. With the help of Callahan and his partner Willie Dash, he launches an investigation that will take him from mob-ridden Las Vegas to the glamorous world of Hollywood to the darkest corners of Los Angeles—a city in which beautiful faces are attached to cutthroat schemers, where the cops can be more corrupt than the criminals . . . and where the powerful people responsible for his client’s disappearance will kill without a moment’s hesitation if they catch Archer on their trail.

©2022 David Baldacci (P)2022 Grand Central Publishing

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The best yet!

I can’t wait for the next one! Archer is just getting started!! Each book has been better than the last - so entertaining and perfectly narrated.

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Wandering story

Found it difficult to stay engaged as the story or maybe the reader was difficult to follow. The writing was eloquent and certainly painted a picture.

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Great Novel, Well Told, Thoroughly Enjoyable!

The third instalment of the Archer series is just excellent. There is a theatricality (strong characters, engaging dialogue, compelling scenes, etc.) to the book that makes it hard to put down. The narrators (Ballerini and Pressley) are two of the best in the business. Can’t help but feel that David Baldacci really enjoys writing this series — can’t wait for book 4!

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Loved it!

great story , awesome characters ..amazing writing , David Baldacci always delivers witty refreshing reads❤😊✌

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A new line for Baldacci

I love David Baldacci books. This one is one of my least favorite. It took a really long time to get going, I almost gave up but in the end it did well and was a good listen.

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Great story

It was a very good story but the women’s voices were annoying. The men’s voice we’re fine.

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Can’t Wait

For the next one. A refreshingly Rich book in an Old Hollywood noir style. Great characters.

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pretty average

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just super average

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Could not get into it.

Did not finish. Love Baldacci but not Archer. Wrong timeliness for me to be interested.

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