A Gambling Man by David Baldacci

 

Archer is heading to California and a possible job as a Private Eye. In Reno, he wins big and finds himself behind the wheel of an exotic car and woman. Together they head west to find their fortune. Archer finds things are as dirty in California as anywhere in the world, but that makes good business for a Private Detective, but not everything is as it seems. With multiple bodies and as many suspects, this hard-hitting yet honest Gumshoe will have to watching in all directions if he hopes to survive.

This is the second in the Archer series and it drops the reader back into the dark 1950s and what feels like a Mickey Spillane story with fast cars, faster women, and gunfire galore. A great treat.