Cold Dice

by Richard Todd

Eddie thinks he's landed on his feet. He's quit Flatlands and ended up in Sin City with a hot new girlfriend. Better still, the old school pro, Myers, is teaching him the grift. When Charlie Fernsby, rolls into town Myers spots a patsy and he and Eddie partner up to swindle him out of a fortune. The gang is put together and the wheels of the big con roll into motion.The problem is, you can take Eddie out of Flatlands, but you can't take Flatlands out of Eddie. That miserable town just won't leave him alone. When a couple of faces from the past turn up it looks like his his latest payday's going to turn into a disaster all over again.But Eddie's already lost one fortune and he's not ready to lose another so he sets about planning how to get out with both his life and his loot intact. This time he's going to make sure that everything works out right. Whatever it takes.Cold Dice is the sequel to Roll the Bones and the latest twisted tale from the writer of Simple Acts of Kindness, Roll the Bones and One to the Heart, One to the Head.

111 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 7, 2020