{"product_id":"9781538750582","title":"One Good Deed (Archer Series #1)","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this fast-paced historical thriller, the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author introduces Archer, a WWII veteran forced to investigate a small-town murder — or risk returning to prison.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIt'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 \u003ci\u003edo\u003c\/i\u003e's and a much longer list of \u003ci\u003edon't\u003c\/i\u003es: \u003ci\u003edo\u003c\/i\u003e report regularly to his parole officer, \u003ci\u003edon't \u003c\/i\u003ego to bars, certainly \u003ci\u003edon't \u003c\/i\u003edrink alcohol, \u003ci\u003edo\u003c\/i\u003e get a job — and \u003ci\u003edon't \u003c\/i\u003eever associate with loose women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoon 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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.","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062578856176,"sku":"9781538750582","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781538750582_p0.jpg?v=1763746221","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781538750582","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}