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Also by John Vorhaus:

The Albuquerque Turkey, April 2011
Hardcover / e-Book
The California Roll, February 2011
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The California Roll, March 2010
Hardcover

THE ALBUQUERQUE TURKEY
By: John Vorhaus

Radar Hoverlander #2
Crown
April 2011
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Featuring: Vic Mirplo
272 pages
ISBN: 0307717801
EAN: 9780307717801
Kindle: B004J4WM22
Hardcover / e-Book
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Suspense | Fiction

Master con artist Radar Hoverlander is getting out of the life…unless his old man drags him back in.

After their last big con netted them a nice chunk of change, Radar Hoverlander and his grifter girlfriend, Allie Quinn, have vowed to go straight. But Radar’s fragile commitment to clean living is put to the test when an oddly hefty lady in red shows up and stalks him through the streets of Santa Fe. Except that’s no lady—it’s Radar’s dad, Woody Hoverlander, a world class con artist in his own right.

Radar correctly figures if his dad is in drag, he must be in trouble. Woody is on the lam, with a Vegas hard guy after him and a large debt to clear. To help him, Radar must break his vow to leave cons behind—and risk losing Allie, who is determined to protect their nest egg and steer clear of bad influences.

Radar’s best pal, the usually hapless Vic Mirplo, had started creating art as a con, but now he’s coming into money as his sculptures start to sell. When Radar needs someone to flash some cash in Vegas and play the reckless gambler so that he can get his father off the hook, he reinvents Mirplo as the ultimate high roller—the Albuquerque Turkey—and dangles him as bait.

Art fraud, casino cons, love, loyalty, and plenty of double- and triple-crosses…they all prove that the odds of what happens in Vegas staying in Vegas are about as long as Radar Hoverlander staying straight.