Loaded Dice
Written by James Swain
Narrated by Tony Roberts
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There's a new casino in town, aptly named Sin, the largest on The Strip: three thousand guest rooms and a gambling floor as big as an airport terminal. The owners of Sin want Valentine to show them how the scams are done. But these powerful men harbor ulterior motives: They want to use their newfound skills to put a rival casino out of business.
Sin's competition is the Acropolis, run by Valentine's longtime pal. Nick taps Tony to figure out how an amateur won $50,000 at his blackjack tables. But the small job is full of landmines. For starters, the suspect bears a strong resemblance to his late wife. What's more, Valentine's son is still M.I.A. Upping the ante, a dead stripper is found with Valentine's calling card-and her grief-stricken boyfriend is vowing revenge.
Yet in a city where barracudas wear pinstripes, time seems motionless even while it flies, and reality and illusion shift depending on the neon light, a greater threat maneuvers through the streets: an all-new breed of criminal with an agenda propelled by fury that will shake not just Valentine, but the city of Las Vegas.
James Swain
James Swain is the Amazon Charts bestselling author of more than twenty mystery novels and has worked as a magazine editor, a screenwriter, and a novelist. His books have been translated into a dozen languages and have been selected as Mysteries of the Year by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. The author of two previous novels in the Lancaster & Daniels series, The King Tides and No Good Deed, Swain has been nominated for five Barry Awards, has received a Florida Book Award for fiction, and was awarded France’s prestigious Prix Calibre .38 for Best American Crime Writing. When he isn’t writing, he enjoys performing close-up magic. Visit him at http://jamesswain.com.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Are Swain's Tony Valentine books detective stories or cliffhanger thrillers? Probably a bit of both, although after this latest caper,
Valentine will have a bit of difficulty walking around incognito in Las Vegas.
Valentine is a retired Atlantic City detective with a nose for scoping out cheaters abs card sharks. With his wife Lois having passed on,
Valentine is the primo consultant for casinos who think they are being cheated but can't figure out the scams. When he's not consulting, Valentine is busy bailing worthless son Gerry out if trouble.
This story brings together a number of characters from the previous three books including Mabel, the nosy next door neighbor, Nick, the womanizing crude casino owner, and more. But what really makes this story so hard to put down is the nonstop action culminating in the big showdown at the end