Aloysius Archer, a private investigator and veteran of World War II, is back in this gripping thriller by international number one bestselling author David Baldacci to investigate a new crime in Hollywood. Everything that glitters. Los Angeles, 1952. On the eve of the new year, PI When Eleanor Lamb, a screenwriter who believes someone is trying to assassinate her, approaches Aloysius Archer and rising Hollywood actress Liberty Callahan at a restaurant, they decide to recruit him. mystery and murder After tripping over a dead body in the hallway during a visit to Lamb's Malibu home, Archer is knocked out and Lamb appears to have disappeared. A close friend and coworker of Lamb hires Archer to investigate what's going on because the police are now involved in the case.