Ballantine
September 2007
On Sale: August 28, 2007
Featuring: Tony Valentine
416 pages ISBN: 0345475453 EAN: 9780345475459 Mass Market Paperback (reprint) Add to Wish List
Tony Valentine made his living and his name as a cop in
Atlantic City–and is now known worldwide for his ability
to spot the kinds of scams, grifts, and rip-offs that cost
casinos billions every year. A man with a biting wit who
drives a ’92 Honda, Tony is low-profile, old-school, and
has seen it all–until he meets the luckiest man on
earth.
Ricky Smith was once a small-town loser.
Then he went to Las Vegas, jumped out the window of a
burning hotel, lived to tell the tale, and tore up the
Strip on an incredible winning streak. Ricky didn’t just
win at one slot machine or table game. He won at
blackjack, roulette, and craps, and then beat the pants
off the world’s greatest poker player. Tony knows that
goofy, loudmouthed Ricky Smith–or anyone else, for that
matter–couldn’t possibly bethat fortunate. But
when “Mr. Lucky” returns home to the little town of
Slippery Rock, North Carolina, he keeps on winning
everything from a horse race to a $50,000
lottery.
Hired by a desperate casino, Tony starts
to pry into Ricky’s past, his friends, and the strange
little town that is benefiting from Ricky’s fame and
fortune. Unfortunately for Tony, his cover is blown when
he is forced to reveal a trick he has up his own sleeve: a
pocket Glock he can shoot with laser-like precision.
Suddenly, two men are dead, the cops are on Tony’s tail,
and the investigation explodes in violence–putting the
lives of Tony’s son and his young family in
danger.
For years, Tony’s son Gerry has dueled
with his own criminal impulses. Now, the Ricky Smith case
has lured Gerry through the gates of temptation and into a
murderous confrontation with the Dixie Mafia. With Tony
stuck on the slippery slope of Slippery Rock and Gerry
fighting for his life, the Valentines are finding out just
how bad good luck can get.
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