A Gambling Man by David Baldacci (2021) Grand Central Publishing

The second book in the Archer series – in which our hero stops in Reno and saves an old gambler from a couple of toughs.  He also impresses a singer, Liberty Callahan, enough to make her want to go with him to California where she hopes to become a star.  When they come upon the old guy facing more toughs, Archer and Callahan save him again.  Archer agrees to buy his V12 Delahaye (a fabulous looking art deco style car) to help him pay off his debt.  Though it doesn’t really help the guy and the toughs follow Archer and the singer before they get discouraged.  Once in Bay City, California, Archer connects with a private investigator whose name was given to him in the first book.  Then we get into murder mystery.  And it is a classic.  Baldacci at his best.