Michael Connelly

Murder in Vegas

New Crime Tales of Gambling and Desperation
Herausgeber: Connelly, Michael

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Produktbeschreibung

In Murder in Vegas, the International Association of Crime Writers and New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly have gathered twenty-two crime and mystery stories about the ultimate playground and what can happen behind the glitz and glamour. Las Vegas. Lost Wages. Sin City. An artificial oasis of pleasure, spectacle, and entertainment, the gambling capital of America has reinvented itself so many times that its doubtful that anyone knows for sure what's real and what isn't in the miles of neon and scorching heat. Las Vegas is considered the ultimate players destination--no matter what your game. Almost anything is available--for a price, mind you, and sometimes losers walk away from the tables with even less than just an empty wallet or purse--sometimes they don't walk away at all. From a gambler who must-win at the roulette table to stay alive to a courier who's only mistake was accepting a package with Las Vegas as the final destination, come to the true city that never sleeps, where fortunes are made and lost every day, and where snake-eyes aren't found just on a pair of dice. Murder in Vegas features stories by: James Swain, S.J. Rozan, Wendy Hornsby, Michael Collins, T.P Keating, J. Madison Davis, Sue Pike, Joan Richter, Libby Hellmann, Tom Savage, Edward Wellen, K.J.A. Wishnia, Linda Kerslake, John Wessel, Lise McClendon, Ronnie Klaskin, Ruth Cavin, A.B. Robbins , Gay Toltl Kinman, Micki Marz, Rick Mofina, Jeremiah Healy

Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Seitenzahl: 402
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 178mm x 127mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 423g
• ISBN-13: 9780765307408
• ISBN-10: 0765307405
• Artikelnr.: 21505666

Autorenporträt

Michael Connelly is a U.S. Army veteran, a constitutional attorney, a consultant for the United States Justice Foundation, author of a blog on the Constitution, radio talk show host and, the author of five books, "Riders in the Sky: The Ghosts and Legends of Philmont Scout Ranch", "The Mortarmen", a story about my father's unit in WW II; a novel, "Amayehli: A Story of America", "America's Liveliest Ghosts" and this newly released patriotic novel "The Rag". In addition, I have an affordable, pocket size booklet on the Constitution called "Our Constitution".

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Inhaltsangabe

The Sunshine Tax (by James Swain)
Passline (by S.J. Rozan)
Dust Up (by Wendy Hornsby)
The Kidnapping of Xiang Fei (by Michael Collins)
Killer Heels Kill Twice As Dead (by T.P. Keating)
Iggy's Stuff (by J. Madison Davis)
A Temporary Crown (by Sue Pike)
The Gambling Master of Shanghai (by Joan Richter)
House Rules (by Libby Fischer Hellmann)
Rolling the Bones (by Tom Savage)
Oddsmaker (by Edward Wellen)
The Dope Show (by K.j.a. Wishnia)
Death of a Whale in the Church of Elvis (by Linda Kerslake)
Neighbors (by John Wessel)
The End of the World (As We Know It) (by Lise McClendon)
Nickels and Dimes (by Ronnie Klaskin)
Even Gamblers Have to Eat (by Ruth Cavin)
The Magic Touch: A Peter Pansy Detective Yarn (by A.B. Robbins)
Catnapping (by Gay Toltl Kinman)
Miscast (by Micki Marz)
Lightning Rider (by Rick Mofina)
Grieving Las Vegas (by Jeremiah Healy)