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Lädt ... Funny Moneyvon James Swain
   Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.   ) skipstern | Jul 11, 2021 |   ) susandennis | Jun 5, 2020 | for grift. Funny Money continues a number of the motifs from the first book including Valentine's joking with his neighbor, his no-good son who can't keep out of trouble, and all the cheaters and fakers running around trying to outsmart the casinos. This volume moves the action to Atlantic City and Valentine has a long history there and lots of old memories about his deceased wife and his old partner who ropes him into a new investigation. It's not just earning a paycheck for Valentine here. He's got personal reasons for breaking this scam open and all the backstabbing and dirty dealing. If anything, this volume has even more explosive action than Grift Sense and takes the reader into the world of professional wrestling, international intrigue, and more. Most importantly, it is a thrilling, action-packed book and it's just plain old great storytelling. ( ) DaveWilde | Sep 22, 2017 | This is book two in the series, though I don’t think I was missing much by having skipped book one. I liked the premise fairly well, and like Tony’s neighbor-now-receptionist, Mabel. I learned a little about the underside of the casino business. The book is fast paced and there are several twists in the plot. That being said, I had figured out the bad guy about half-way through, and long before Tony. I was also bothered by the number of dead bodies Tony left in his wake, with barely a backward glance, and apparently no consequences. (  ) BookConcierge | Jan 13, 2016 | robsack | May 22, 2011 | keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Gehört zur ReiheTony Valentine (book 2)
When last we saw Tony Valentine -- former cop, lifelong misanthrope, and legendary catcher of casino cheats -- he was just coming up for air after a close brush with the afterlife in his first outing, the acclaimed Grift Sense. This time around, it's personal. Tony Valentine's ex-partner Doyle Flanagan has been blown to pieces by a car bomb. Shortly before his death, Doyle had been filling Valentine in on the details of his latest, most baffling case -- an impressive $6 million blackjack scam at Atlantic City's legendary Bombay casino. Valentine determines that the only way to bring his friend's killers to justice is to crack the Bombay heist himself. But standing between Valentine and his goal is a head-spinning assortment of ruthless gangsters, crooked croupiers, eccentric millionaires, and Croatians with bad haircuts. His only ally: an irresistibly enigmatic female wrestler. With diamond-hard prose, triple-crossing plot twists, and a deliciously noir-inflected atmosphere, Funny Money finds James Swain more than living up to his promise as a razor-sharp storyteller with unlimited surprises up his sleeve. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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