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Deborah Coonts signs WANNA GET LUCKY?

Start: 05/22/2010 2:00 pm

End: 05/22/2010 3:30 pm

Lucky attendees at our Saturday, May 22, 2:00 PM event with Deborah Coonts will enjoy meeting the debut author as much as they will enjoy Wanna Get Lucky?. On her website, Deborah descirbes the series as “a Sex and the City meets Elmore Leonard in Vegas kind of thing, if you can imagine that. Okay, have several glasses of wine, then think about it…makes imagining easier. Anyway, the books are sexy, wry, romantic, and slightly naughty mixed with a little murder and mayhem—shaken, not stirred—then illuminated by the bright lights of Las Vegas—one of the truly magical cities in the world.” Wanna Get Lucky? Is also an Indie Next Pick, as well as being one of MG’s Signed First Mystery Picks. (See the group review below.) Deborah may also offer tidbits about the next books in the series, Lucky Stiff and Damn Lucky.

Wanna Get Lucky? (Hardcover)

By Deborah Coonts

$24.99

ISBN-13: 9780765325433
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Forge Books, 5/2010

Other Editions of this Title

A great title (open to lots of interpretations). An appealing protagonist. Lots of action. A little romance. The real insider’s Las Vegas.
Lucky O’Toole knows her way around Las Vegas and especially around her domain, the Babylon, the newest of the over-to-top mega casino/resorts on The Strip. She is the head of Customer Relations (AKA chief problem solver) and the number one employee of The Big Boss. The book and her day start with an ex-hooker who is fatally dumped in the pirate’s lagoon in front of Treasure Island, a naked man in the staircase, a new security hire who may be working for the bad guys (but is very, very appealing in other ways), and any number of customers who require her special care. Her hours are long and she is tireless in her resolve to correct all wrongs and get to the bottom of who murdered Lyda Sue Stalnaker.
As Lucky unravels the clues and gets closer to the truth, she also uncovers some of her own truths and desires, and the underlying story of love and redemption is the perfect contrast to the underbelly of life she encounters daily. Adding to this terrific debut is a wonderful cast of supporting characters -- her mother owns a world famous brothel, her assistant has a thing for a younger man, her BFF / possible romantic interest is a renowned drag performer, and she is mentoring a young detective on the police force. This is a debut mystery author to watch.
-- tlg, LDB & MeH

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