Lucky Stiff: Large Print Edition: 2 (Lucky O'Toole Vegas Adventure)

Evanovich...with a dash of CSI. - Publishers Weekly Everyone Has a Hidden TalentFor Lucky OToole its murder...solving it.Surviving in Sin City takes cunning a pair of five-inch heels and a wiseass attitude. Lucky has mastered them all and has a pair of legs she uses to kick butt and turn heads.As the Chief Problem Solver for the Babylon Las Vegass most over-the-top destination mischief is in her job description.Shes good at her job.Shes less good at life. But who has time for a life when theres a killer on the loose?LUCKY STIFFSomeone fed Numbers Neidermeyer to the tiger shark in the tank at Mandalay Bay resort.Luckys friend the Beautiful Jeremy Whitlock is suspect Numero Uno.Miss P Jeremys squeeze and Luckys partner in crime is in a tailspin.A tractor-trailer full of honeybees jackknifes on the Strip in front of the Babylon spilling its load.The district attorney--apparently the odd man out in a threesome--is hiding in the buff in a laundry room.And Luckys mother decides to auction a young womans virginity.Can Lucky get Jeremy out of the hot seat handle the new hot French chef and her mother...and restore order in her life?A light funny romantic mystery providing a Vegas escape appropriate for anyone looking for a good laugh. Join the fun! 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 Lucky StiffLively funny scary! The pages will singe your fingers and youll laugh yourself stiff. - Barbara DAmato Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author The pages turn so fast they give off blue fire. - Carol McCleary author and CrimeFest Award finalistLas 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 reviewFast-paced witty and full of colorful characters Lucky Stiff is a sure bet to be a readers favorite. - BooklistA prize fight a pop star and a virginity auction. Could we be anywhere else but Las Vegas?...[Lucky Stiff] is as lively and endearingly wacky as Wanna Get Lucky? - Kirkus Reviews