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LUCKY RIDE IBD

DEBORAH COONTS
CHESTNUT STREET PRESS
06 / 2017
9781944831752
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&ldquo,Evanovich&hellip,with a dash of CSI.&rdquo, &ndash, Publishers Weekly (review of Lucky Stiff)Who would want to kill a clown?Lucky O&rsquo,Toole, Chief Problem Solver for the Babylon Hotel, the primo property on the Las Vegas Strip, isn&rsquo,t in any mood to find out.For one, it&rsquo,s New Year&rsquo,s Day and Lucky&rsquo,s birthday.And she hasn&rsquo,t caught her breath after a chase to the death in Hong Kong and Macau.Her French chef is pushing to set the wedding date.Her former lover, wounded in the China chase, needs TLC.A young woman, in town with the rodeo, shows up at her office with a secret that could blow the lid off Lucky&rsquo,s life as she knows it.And Lucky&rsquo,s mother starts acting like the secret could be true.Could it?What if everything Lucky thought she knew about her family was built on a lie?And why would someone kill a clown?A light, funny, romantic mystery providing a Vegas escape appropriate for anyone looking for a good laugh. Get your copy today!áAN INTERVIEW WITH DEBORAH COONTSWhy did you decide to write humor?áI&rsquo,m not sure I decided to add snark to the Lucky books, specifically to Lucky&rsquo,s own voice, it just happened that way. When I was a kid, my mouth always got me into trouble. Finally, I&rsquo,ve found a way to harness the sarcasm for the Forces of Good&mdash,or at least in a way not to anger my grandmother. And when Lucky started talking to me, she had a strong dose of sass in her.The Lucky O',Toole Vegas Adventure series is hard to categorize. Is that by design?áWhen I set out to write Wanna Get Lucky?, I knew I wanted to write a romp through Las Vegas. I had the characters and the setting but no real understanding of narrative drive. So, I threw a young woman out of a tour helicopter into the middle of the Pirate Show and let the story unfold. A bit of murder to keep the plot moving, some wisecracking and Vegas mischief to make you laugh, and some romance to keep it interesting. A bit of a mash up, but it works.áPRAISE FOR THE LUCKY O&rsquo,TOOLE VEGAS ADVENTURE SERIESá&ldquo,Lucky&rsquo,s story is funny, fast-paced, exuberant and brilliantly realized.&rdquo, - Susan Wiggs,á#1 New YorkáTimesábestselling author&ldquo,Get ready to win big--with a novel that will keep you glued to the pages all the way to the end.&rdquo, - Brenda Novak, New York Times & USA Today bestselling authoráMore fun than a winning streak in Vegas. Lucky O&rsquo,Toole isáa character with brains, beauty, and a wry sense ofáhumor. Readers will want to meet her again&mdash,and soon. - Diane Mott Davidson, New YorkáTimesábestselling authorDeborah Coonts...entrusts the sleuthing to a brainy beauty who sees the lighter side of human folly. - New York Times Book ReviewLas Vegas is the perfect setting for this witty tale of misdirection and larger-than-life characters. Fans of J. A. Konrath',s Jack Daniels series will love this. - Library Journal, starred reviewA whirlwind of a kooky crime novel, and readers will e

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