Ace of Diamonds

Red Diamond #2

by Mark Schorr

Private detective Red Diamond is hired by a Texas billionaire to investigate a conspiracy to sabotage the casinos in Las Vegas

Genres: Mystery

214 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Mark Schorr is the author of 11 previous published mysteries/thrillers. He was nominated for an Edgar award, had books published in France, Spain and Japan, and had three books optioned by Hollywood. He’s also the author of hundreds of articles, with work published in The New York Times, New York Magazine, Esquire, and The Oregonian. He’s been on staff for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, USA Today, CBS and NBC.
Aside from his work as a writer, he’s been a bookstore manager, a bouncer at Studio 54, a private investigator, an international courier, a crisis de-escalation trainer, and a decoy during training for TSA’s bomb-sniffing dogs.
He is currently a mental health and addictions counselor in Portland, Oregon.

Reviews

[Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

The second Red Diamond private eye novel sees the detective, actually a delusional New York cab driver, solving a mystery in Las Vegas. Right out of the 'ol pulp magazines, a humoruos series.

[Victoria & David Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some read books for what they can get out of them, others read books to disappear into them.
Our protagonist disappears into them (the pulps) and comes out the other side.
Fantasy was never meant to be this real, or to become this real (and really cliched) fun.
But then again ...