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Jack Barnett / Las Vegas #1
Temptation Town
Librarian Note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN: B006YB65PS.
Jack Barnett has had it with the private eye business. They took his license away in LA, and fearing criminal prosecution, he split town in the middle of the night and headed for Las Vegas, where anyone can become anonymous.
He swears off the business, but his money runs low and when a man offers him $5000 to find his missing daughter, he agrees. He soon wishes he hadn't when the haunting memory of a woman from his past gets in the way.
Jack Barnett has had it with the private eye business. They took his license away in LA, and fearing criminal prosecution, he split town in the middle of the night and headed for Las Vegas, where anyone can become anonymous.
He swears off the business, but his money runs low and when a man offers him $5000 to find his missing daughter, he agrees. He soon wishes he hadn't when the haunting memory of a woman from his past gets in the way.
- GenresMystery
100 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2011
3 people are currently reading
56 people want to read
About the author
Mike Dennis
12 books5 followersAfter thirty years as a professional musician (piano), Mike Dennis left Key West and moved to Las Vegas to become a professional poker player. He turned to writing when his first novel, THE TAKE, was picked up by a publisher in 2009.
His second book, SETUP ON FRONT STREET, was the first of a series of Key West Nocturnes, standalone noir novels. These books will lift the veil on Key West and reveal it as a true noir city, on a par with Los Angeles, New Orleans, or Miami.
THE GHOSTS OF HAVANA is the second book in that set. The third, Man-Slaughter, is coming soon.
Mike also has a collection of short stories, BLOODSTAINS ON THE WALL. In addition, his stories have been published in A Twist Of Noir, Mysterical e, Powder Burn Flash, Slow Trains, and The Wizards Of Words 2009 Anthology.
He also has published CADILLAC'S COMIN', a rock & roll novel about a one-hit wonder who recorded for Sun Records in the 1950s.
In December, 2010, Mike moved back to Key West, where he enjoys year-round sunshine, great movies, good friends, and the Miami Marlins.
CONTACT MIKE:
darqside@comcast.net
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mike-D...
His second book, SETUP ON FRONT STREET, was the first of a series of Key West Nocturnes, standalone noir novels. These books will lift the veil on Key West and reveal it as a true noir city, on a par with Los Angeles, New Orleans, or Miami.
THE GHOSTS OF HAVANA is the second book in that set. The third, Man-Slaughter, is coming soon.
Mike also has a collection of short stories, BLOODSTAINS ON THE WALL. In addition, his stories have been published in A Twist Of Noir, Mysterical e, Powder Burn Flash, Slow Trains, and The Wizards Of Words 2009 Anthology.
He also has published CADILLAC'S COMIN', a rock & roll novel about a one-hit wonder who recorded for Sun Records in the 1950s.
In December, 2010, Mike moved back to Key West, where he enjoys year-round sunshine, great movies, good friends, and the Miami Marlins.
CONTACT MIKE:
darqside@comcast.net
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mike-D...
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March 30, 2012
A noir-style detective novel set in Las Vegas. The author is very familiar with Las Vegas and how it works, which made the story enjoyable. However, the story left me a little unsatisfied at the end, yet wanting a little more.
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