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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > Historical mysteries
Evoking the golden age of crime, and for fans of Raymond Chandler and
Agatha Christie, comes A Gambling Man, from one of the world’s
bestselling thriller writers, David Baldacci.
California, 1949. Aloysius Archer is on his way to start a new job with
a renowned Private Investigator in Bay Town. Feeling lucky, he stops
off at a casino in Reno, where he meets an aspiring actress, Liberty
Callahan. Together, they head west on a journey filled with danger and
surprises – because Archer isn’t the only one with a secretive past.
Arriving in a town rife with corruption, Archer is tasked with finding
out who is doing everything they can to disrupt the appointment of a
top official. Then two seemingly unconnected people are murdered at a
burlesque club. In a tight-lipped community, Archer must dig deep to
reveal the connection between the victims.
As the final perilous showdown unfurls, Archer will need all of his
skills to decipher the truth from the lies and finally, to prove she’s
a star in the making, will Liberty have her moment in the spotlight?
The world is classic Jane Austen. The mystery is vintage P.D. James.
In their six years of marriage, Elizabeth and Darcy have forged a
peaceful, happy life for their family at Pemberley, Darcy's impressive
estate.
But on the eve of their annual autumn ball, chaos descends. A chaise
appears, rocking down the path from Pemberley's wild woodland. As it
pulls up, Lydia Wickham - Elizabeth Bennet's younger, unreliable sister
- stumbles out screaming that her husband has been murdered.
Plunged into frightening mystery and a lurid murder trial, the lives of
Pemberley's owners and servants alike may never be the same . . .
Soho, London, 1958. Three women. One boarding house. A secret that could shatter everything.
One wet afternoon in 1954, after a whirlwind romance, Edie West married Frank Budd in a South London registry office. With a spool of blue ribbon tied around her bouquet, she promised to love, honour, and obey him - for better, or worse.
Two years later, Edie arrives alone at 73 Dove Street, a West London boarding house run by the formidable Phyllis Collier: exhausted, nervous, carrying nothing but a cardboard suitcase. Phyllis' other lodger, Tommie, keeps herself to herself. But when Tommie discovers a secret from Edie and Frank's marriage, she's faced with a choice. Will she turn the other way? Or help set Edie free?
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