Lucky Bastard

Deborah Coonts

Lucky Bastard
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Chestnut Street Press
Published
3 March 2016
Pages
390
ISBN
9780996571227

Lucky Bastard

Deborah Coonts

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Evanovich…with a dash of CSI. - Publishers Weekly (review of Lucky Stiff)

Everyone Has a Hidden Talent

As the Chief Problem Solver for the Babylon, Las Vegas’s most over-the-top destination, solving the occasional murder is in Lucky’s job description.

A rapier wit, her weapon of choice.

LUCKY BASTARD

Tonight, someone turned a young woman, a Jimmy Choo embedded in her carotid, into a hood ornament for the latest Ferrari in the Babylon’s dealership.

And one of the big-name players in a huge poker tournament ends up dead.

Are the two deaths related?

Lucky starts making connections putting her in the crosshairs of a killer.

Her former lover, Teddie, comes back from his rock tour to deliver a bombshell.

Then life deals another major complication to her personal life…and it’s not going to be pretty.

Can Lucky handle the fallout and catch a killer?

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 COONTS

Why did you decide to write humor?

I’m not sure I decided to add snark to the Lucky, books, specifically to Lucky’s own voice, it just happened that way. When I was a kid, my mouth always got me into trouble. Finally, I’ve 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 O'Toole 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 Bastard

If you’re entertained by sex, innuendo and a few fantasies you’d like to see played out–and who isn’t?–you ought to have Lucky and her extended Vegas family (So Damn Lucky, 2012, etc.) on speed dial. - Kirkus Reviews, starred review

This fast, funny, frantic Vegas-set series offers great laughs as well as compelling mystery and intriguing continuing characters. You’ll want to spend more time with Lucky, the daughter of a former madam and a mobster. - RT Book Reviews

…the talented Coonts takes the reader on another wild ride through Sin City. - Booklist

Lucky’s sass and snark make for fun reading… - Publishers Weekly

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