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One good deed

Baldacci, David, author

Overview

\"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 do's and a much longer list of don'ts: 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.\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Subject: Parolees Fiction. / Ex-convicts Fiction. / False imprisonment Fiction. / World War, 1939-1945 Veterans Fiction. / Murder Investigation Fiction. / United States History 1945- Fiction.
• ISBN: 9781538750568, 1538750562

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PS3552.A446 O53 2019	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE