One Good Deed (An Archer Novel 1)

About this book

In this fast-paced historical thriller the #1 New York Times bestselling author introduces Archer a WWII veteran forced to investigate a small-town murder -- or risk returning to prison. Its 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 donts: do report regularly to his parole officer dont go to bars certainly dont drink alcohol do get a job -- and dont ever associate with loose women. The small town quickly proves more complicated and dangerous than Archers years serving in the war or his time in jail. Within a single night his search for gainful employment -- and a stiff drink -- leads 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 wont be so easy. The indebted man has a furious grudge against Hank and refuses to pay; Hanks clever mistress has her own designs on Archer; and both Hank and Archers stern parole officer Miss Crabtree are keeping a sharp eye on him. When a murder takes place right under Archers nose police suspicions rise against the ex-convict and Archer realizes that the crime could send him right back to prison . . . if he doesnt use every skill in his arsenal to track down the real killer.