Randy answers “im about 60 percent done with this book,...”

Colin asked this question about One Good Deed (Archer, #1):

im about 60 percent done with this book, and my question is - its safe to assume Archer is African American and the book takes place probably somewhere in the south? Alabama or some where? There is a PONCA CITY in Alabama. Not sure hoping someone may have some info on this? Thanks!

Randy What would make you think Archer was black? Everything in the book makes it clear he could not be. As others have said, the book is set in the south a…moreWhat would make you think Archer was black? Everything in the book makes it clear he could not be. As others have said, the book is set in the south around 1950, so there's no way on earth that Archer could be a black man. As for the location, I think it would likely be somewhere in either northern Louisiana or Oklahoma. The state policeman drives from Poca City to Amarillo TX and back in a long day, so it can't be more than a few hundred miles (and car trips generally took longer back then). Louisiana may be more likely, perhaps, only because Amarillo isn't very far from anywhere in Oklahoma. Distance-wise, Baldacci's Poca City could also be in New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas or Arkansas, but in the context of the novel as a whole, those don't strike me a very likely. (less)

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