Synopsis
Winner of the Mystery Novel Award. . . Davis O'Kane thought his fall from grace had reached its lowest point, with an impending divorce and a custody battle for his twin daughters, but then he finds a dead body in his restaurant, and his world sinks as deep as a Uranium pit in the high desert of Nightingale, Nevada. Nightingale is a place where high stakes gamblers and rednecks belly up to the bar with high-priced hookers and federal agents. High Steaks propels the reader into the realm of crooked horse racing, cheating the roulette wheel, and murder as hot as a Nevada summer, set against a backdrop of the town's first contested mayoral race in decades. Follow Davis as he unravels the murder and pulls himself up from the brink of despair.
Library Journal
Davis O'Kane works part time as a radio talk-show host and full time as part-owner of a popular restaurant in Nightingale, NV. About to be divorced and divested of his property and his twin girls-not to mention his dignity-Davis finds the murdered body of his latest flame, a bartender at his restaurant. As the plot progresses, so do complications: Davis's partner uses the restaurant for money laundering, a local horse owner bamboozles people with a stand-in horse, and a lawyer friend who owns an escort service helps with divorce advice. And then there's Davis's gambling addiction. This first novel offers nonstop entertainment, peppy prose, and crafty complications. For most collections. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.