Title:
The International Association of Crime Writers presents Murder in Vegas : new crime tales of gambling and desperation
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edited by Michael Connelly.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Forge, 2005.
Physical Description:
351 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780765307392
General Note:
"A Tom Doherty Associates Book.
Abstract:
A collection of twenty-two original short crime and mystery stories includes the tales of a gambler who must win at the roulette table to stay alive and a courier who accepts a package with unexpected consequences.
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Variant Title:
Portion of title: Murder in Vegas
Contents:
Introduction: 10,000 eyes in the sky / Michael Connelly -- The sunshine tax / James Swain -- Passline / S.J. Rozan -- Dust up / Wendy Hornsby -- The kidnapping of Xiang Fei / Michael Collins -- Killer heels kill twice as dead / T.P. Keating -- Iggy's stuff / J. Madison Davis -- A temporary crown / Sue Pike -- The gambling master of Shanghai / Joan Richter -- House rules / Libby Fischer Hellmann -- Rolling the bones / Tom Savage -- Oddsmaker / Edward Wellen -- The dope show / K.j.a. Wishnia -- Death of a whale in the church of Elvis / Linda Kerslake -- Neighbors / John Wessel -- The end of the world (as we know it) / Lise McClendon -- Nickels and dimes / Ronnie Klaskin -- Even gamblers have to eat / Ruth Cavin -- The magic touch / A.B. Robbins -- Catnapping / Gay Toltl Kinman -- Miscast / Micki Marz -- Lightning rider / Rick Mofina -- Grieving Las Vegas / Jeremiah Healy.