Las Vegas Turnaround

<p>In Kurt Johnson's debut novel Las Vegas Turnaround readers are catapulted into the underbelly of 1980s Las Vegas. It's a world where not even the bright lights of the Strip can drive out the darkness that accompanies the whirlwind of drugs prostitution and violence.</p><p><br></p><p>The latter finally gets the better of Claire a street-smart escort who misjudges a customer once and pays for it dearly. After she's brutally raped and beaten she wants out. She tries hard to build a calm mainstream life but it soon becomes clear that's an impossibility in this town.</p><p><br></p><p>Her meathead brother-in-law Wood shows up on her doorstep with a shaky story about her sister skipping town. Wood dumps his special-needs stepson on Claire and slinks back to the city where he's been secretly running a casino scam. Claire is left in the dust having to use her sharp wit and unfortunate familiarity with the Vegas underworld to piece together the truth: Wood is more brutal than she thought and he may be responsible for her sister's disappearance. This novel follows the characters through the worst of Vegas to a conclusion fit only for the likes of the city of sin.</p>