Aloysius Archer · Book 2
A Gambling Man
- Published
- 1 January 2021
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN-13
- 9781538719657
- Type
- novel

About this book
A Gambling Man followed two years later, in 2021, the longest entry at 448 pages, moving Archer into 1950s California and the neon glow of Reno's casinos.
Its place in Aloysius Archer
A Gambling Man is book 2 in the Aloysius Archer series. It follows One Good Deed. It is followed by Dream Town. See the full Aloysius Archer reading order.
Aloysius Archer is a paroled World War II veteran turned reluctant private investigator, navigating postwar small-town America in David Baldacci's first sustained period-set series. One Good Deed (2019) opens in 1949 with Archer fresh out of prison on a wrongful sentence, trying to stay straight in a corrupt small town and instead getting pulled into a murder; A Gambling Man (2021) sends him to 1950s California and the neon glow of Reno's casinos; Dream Town (2022) lands him in Hollywood on the eve of 1953…
Editions
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