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One Good Deed

The Pulse-Pounding, Page-Turning Private Investigator Mystery From The Number One Bestselling Author Of The 6:20 Man

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Murder and family secrets, a touch of romance and deeply-felt revenge – with the twist of all twists – make up the perfect audiobook, One Good Deed, from one of the world's bestselling thriller writers, David Baldacci.

'One of his finest books. Great character, great story, great portrait of an era' – Bill Clinton

Freedom never tasted so sweet

Poca City 1949. Fresh from serving time for a crime he didn’t commit, Aloysius Archer is ready to put the past behind him and start again.

Who can you trust?

Accepting a job as a debt collector for the local tycoon he gets embroiled in a long-running feud between
the town’s most dangerous residents. When one of them is found dead, Archer is the number one suspect.

Framed for murder

A bloody game is being played in this town. Should Archer run or fight for the truth?

 Crime Crime Thrillers Historical Modern Detectives Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Exciting Scary

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One of his finest books. Great character, great story, great portrait of an era (Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States of America)
One Good Deed represents David Baldacci’s move into historical crime with a new character, ex- jailbird Aloysius Archer . . . Unsurprisingly, the talented Baldacci proves to be as adept in this new venture as he is in his contemporary-set novels
A fast-paced investigation with dark secrets, unexpected twists, well-drawn characters and an intriguing plot
A mile-a-minute read that proves once again why David Baldacci has readers the world over flocking for more (Jane Harper, bestselling author of The Dry)
Alternately chilling, poignant, and always heart-poundingly suspenseful (Scott Turow, author of Presumed Innocent)
David Baldacci is one of the all-time best thriller authors (Lisa Gardner, author of One Step too Far)
A multi-layered protagonist; a plot as deep and twisty as the setting (Kathy Reichs, author of the Temperance Brennan series)
Mystery and suspense surround a fabulous new character in an enticing, engaging thriller that does not disappoint
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I enjoyed this book once I got over the fact it was not your typical David Baldicci I'd say more Raymond Chandler. The main character repeatedly made rookie mistakes and I found myself getting annoyed, I like he's flawed but not too sure if I'd be in a rush to read another book of him - Shaw was great character although too quick to like Archer considering all the stacked up evidence up agaunat him. Worth the read.

Good read, very different David Baldicci

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not my usual genre but very surprised how much i enjoyed. felt i was right there with Archer the whole time. just as you think book coming to an end it opens up again. great twists.
thank you

one good deed

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this was a great book, the story was interesting, quite compelling, loved the 40s setting. My main issue was with the narrator.. He did a stirling job as Archer, and the other male characters, but the women? No, his performances there were cringey as hell. luckily for the sequels theyve paired him with an actual lady to read the womens parts

Great book, iffy performance

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great story, great characters and good twists and turns. narrator good too, right for the style

brilliant

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Once or twice I was tempted to abandon the book as it was very slow to get going. I was under the impression that David Baldacci was more concerned about making it "period correct" rather than just telling a story.

I've read a lot of Baldacci books and this was my least favourite - but it was still good.

The narration was superb 90% of the time but occasionally lapsed into Mike Hammer drawling and pronounciation, almost making it a characature of corny old movies. Maybe that was intentional.

A bit drawn out

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