Lucky Ride: 8 (Lucky O'Toole Vegas Adventure)

Evanovich...with a dash of CSI. - Publishers Weekly (review of Lucky Stiff)Who would want to kill a clown?Lucky OToole Chief Problem Solver for the Babylon Hotel the primo property on the Las Vegas Strip isnt in any mood to find out.For one its New Years Day and Luckys birthday.And she hasnt 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 Luckys life as she knows it.And Luckys 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!AN INTERVIEW WITH DEBORAH COONTSWhy did you decide to write humor? Im not sure I decided to add snark to the Lucky books specifically to Luckys own voice it just happened that way. When I was a kid my mouth always got me into trouble. Finally Ive found a way to harness the sarcasm for the Forces of Good--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 OToole Vegas Adventure series is hard to categorize. Is that by design? When 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.PRAISE FOR THE LUCKY OTOOLE VEGAS ADVENTURE SERIES Luckys story is funny fast-paced exuberant and brilliantly realized. - Susan Wiggs #1 New York Times bestselling authorGet ready to win big--with a novel that will keep you glued to the pages all the way to the end. - Brenda Novak New York Times & USA Today bestselling author More fun than a winning streak in Vegas. Lucky OToole is a character with brains beauty and a wry sense of humor. Readers will want to meet her again--and soon. - Diane Mott Davidson New York Times bestselling 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. Konraths Jack Daniels series will love this. - Library Journal starred review