Historical, Crime, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, War & Military, United States, Suspense, Murder, Military 

"It's 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, don't go to bars, certainly don't drink alcohol, do get a job -- and don't ever associate with loose women. The small town quickly proves more complicated and dangerous than Archer's 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 won't be so easy. The indebted man has a furious grudge against Hank and refuses to pay; Hank's clever mistress has her own designs on Archer; and both Hank and Archer's stern parole officer, Miss Crabtree, are keeping a sharp eye on him. When a murder takes place right under Archer's nose, police suspicions rise against the ex-convict, and Archer realizes that the crime could send him right back to prison... if he doesn't use every skill in his arsenal to track down the real killer."--Publisher description.  

Genre/Form: Historical fiction
Thrillers (Fiction)
Suspense fiction
Novels
Detective and mystery fiction
Action and adventure fiction
Fiction
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: David Baldacci
ISBN: 9781538750568 1538750562
OCLC Number: 1098292900
Description: 422 pages ; 24 cm
Other Titles: 1 good deed
Responsibility: David Baldacci.