Dream Town

By: David Baldacci

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Brittany Pressley

Private investigator and World War II veteran Aloysius Archer heads to Los Angeles, the city where dreams are made and shattered, and is ensnared in a lethal case in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci.

It’s the eve of 1953, and Aloysius Archer is in Los Angeles to ring in the New Year with an old friend, aspiring actress Liberty Callahan, when their evening is interrupted by an acquaintance of Callahan’s: Eleanor Lamb, a screenwriter in dire straits.

After a series of increasingly chilling events—mysterious phone calls, the same blue car loitering outside her house, and a bloody knife left in her sink—Eleanor fears that her life is in danger, and she wants to hire Archer to look into the matter. Archer suspects that Eleanor knows more than she’s telling, but before he can officially take on her case, a dead body turns up inside of Eleanor’s home ... and Eleanor herself disappears. Missing client or not, Archer is dead set on finding both the murderer and Eleanor.

With the help of Callahan and his partner Willie Dash, he launches an investigation that will take him from mob-ridden Las Vegas to the glamorous world of Hollywood to the darkest corners of Los Angeles—a city in which beautiful faces are attached to cutthroat schemers, where the cops can be more corrupt than the criminals ... and where the powerful people responsible for his client’s disappearance will kill without a moment’s hesitation if they catch Archer on their trail.

Critic reviews

"One of [Baldacci's] finest books. Great character, great story, great portrait of an era."—Bill Clinton (praise for One Good Deed)

"David Baldacci is one of the all-time best thriller authors."—Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"A master storyteller."—People

"Baldacci delivers, every time!"—Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author

"David Baldacci is a master storyteller."—Associated Press

Terrible ending! So hated the ending!

Don't read this as is a total spoiler. I think the book needs to be released this year wth a good ending. Ending ruined the book for me, sorry to be sentimental but after so much build up to a good ending after three stories , ends in disaster. sucked big time ending. WTF David! Anyway. My 2 sense . Reg

Mr. Baldacci did it again! great book

I enjoy the characters in this in book and couldn't stop listening to it.

Outstanding

Film noir and Baldacci at their fine at their finest
memorable, rich characters and story

40’s and 50’s back to life

The writing and the narration have that lilt and the language of the 40’s 50’s . The narrator must have studied extensively to get that rhythm of decades past, while the writer must have studied language as well. I was so impressed by the accuracy of speech and language, and the way it flowed and flowed and flowed. The story was great, I had difficulty following all clues.
I hope the next story will come close to China Town.

New twist

this was a great story and the twist and turns made for a great ride throughout the story.