The third Aloysius Archer thriller from David Baldacci. It's New Year's Eve 1952 and Aloysius Archer is on his way to LA to spend the evening with Liberty Callahan, who is now in her second full year trying to become a star, while Archer has built up his shamus cred with three years working for Willie Dash. While Archer still does cases in Bay Town, he has been branching out into LA, where he thinks the more interesting work is. He has come to know the city well, maybe too well. But he still has a lot to learn . . .