With the city of Vegas so popular on the screens big and small (CSI, LAS VEGAS, THE COOLER, etc.), it was inevitable an anthology centered around Sin City would follow suit. Voila! Popular mystery author Michael Connelly (THE CLOSERS) edits MURDER IN VEGAS: NEW CRIME TALES OF GAMBLING AND DESPERATION.
Not every one of the 22 stories here deals with murder, but no matter, as this is a first-rate collection, full of surprising life from a wealth of unknown and up-and-coming writers, backed by the International Association of Crime Writers. The standouts include Dennis Lynds’ suspenseful “The Kidnapping of Xiang Fei,” Sue Pike’s celebrity-stalker tale “A Temporary Crown” and Ronnie Klaskin’s “Nickles and Dimes,” a slightly askew coming-of-age yarn in which a little girl solves the mystery of her own sister’s abduction.
There are also stories of unethical cashiers, stoned pool boys, old-school gangsters, armored car drivers and even white tigers – all but three of which lure you in a seductive world of a town that’s fun to visit, but would be to hell in live in.
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