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    Lucky Break: The Lucky O'Toole Vegas Adventure Series, #6
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    Lucky Break: The Lucky O'Toole Vegas Adventure Series, #6

    By Deborah Coonts

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    Part of a Complete Series

    "Evanovich…with a dash of CSI." – Publishers Weekly (review of Lucky Stiff)

    Some People Never Catch a Break

    For Lucky O'Toole it's a break from murder.

    As the Chief Problem Solver for the Babylon, Las Vegas's most over-the-top destination, Lucky is used to cracking heads and cracking jokes.  

    Besides, it's Christmas.

    But even Santa can't give Lucky what she wishes for.

    LUCKY BREAK

    Holt Box, a beloved country singer on the comeback trail is killed in Lucky's lover, Jean-Charles's, kitchen.

    Mr. Box dies in Lucky's father's arms.

    Her former lover, Teddie, is accused of the murder.

    A heavy-hitter in the Macanese underworld is working over Lucky's father.

    An old nemesis salivating for revenge gets out of jail on a technicality.

    Lucky's mother is ramping up an ill-advised political campaign.

    And the holidays are racing to a crescendo.

    And then things get really messy…

    A light, funny, romantic mystery providing a Vegas escape appropriate for anyone looking for a good laugh. Get this can't-put-it-down romp today!


    AN INTERVIEW WITH DEBORAH COONTS

    Why did you decide to write humor?

    I'm not sure I decided to add snark to the Lucky books, specifically to Lucky's own voice, it just happened that way. When I was a kid, my mouth always got me into trouble. Finally, I've found a way to harness the sarcasm for the Forces of Good—or at least in a way not to anger my grandmother. And when Lucky started talking to me, she had a strong dose of sass in her.

    The Lucky O'Toole Vegas Adventure series is hard to categorize. Is that by design?

    When I set out to write Wanna Get Lucky?, I knew I wanted to write a romp through Las Vegas. I had the characters and the setting but no real understanding of narrative drive. So, I threw a young woman out of a tour helicopter into the middle of the Pirate Show and let the story unfold. A bit of murder to keep the plot moving, some wisecracking and Vegas mischief to make you laugh, and some romance to keep it interesting. A bit of a mash up, but it works.


    PRAISE FOR THE LUCKY O'TOOLE VEGAS ADVENTURE SERIES

    "Lucky's story is funny, fast-paced, exuberant and brilliantly realized." - Susan Wiggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author

    "Get ready to win big--with a novel that will keep you glued to the pages all the way to the end." - Brenda Novak, New York Times & USA Today bestselling author

    "More fun than a winning streak in Vegas. Lucky O'Toole is a character with brains, beauty, and a wry sense of humor. Readers will want to meet her again—and soon." - Diane Mott Davidson, New York Times bestselling author

    "Deborah Coonts...entrusts the sleuthing to a brainy beauty who sees the lighter side of human folly." - New York Times Book Review

    "Las Vegas is the perfect setting for this witty tale of misdirection and larger-than-life characters. Fans of J. A. Konrath's Jack Daniels series will love this." - Library Journal, starred review

    "A whirlwind of a kooky crime novel, and readers will enjoy every minute of it. Coonts provides the perfect solution for readers waiting for the next Stephanie Plum book." - Booklist

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChestnut Street Press
    Release dateApr 1, 2019
    ISBN9780996571265
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    Lucky Break: The Lucky O'Toole Vegas Adventure Series, #6
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    Deborah Coonts

    Deborah Coonts swears she was switched at birth. Coming from a family of homebodies, Deborah is the odd woman out, happiest with a passport, a high-limit credit card, her computer, and changing scenery outside her window. Goaded by an insatiable curiosity, she flies airplanes, rides motorcycles, travels the world, and pretends to be more of a badass than she probably is. Deborah is the author of the Lucky O’Toole Vegas Adventure series, a romantic mystery romp through Sin City. Wanna Get Lucky?, the first in the series, was a New York Times Notable Crime Novel and a double RITA™ Award Finalist. She has also penned the Kate Sawyer Medical Thriller series, the Brinda Rose Humorous Mystery series, as well as a couple of standalones. Although often on an adventure, you can always track her down at www.deborahcoonts.com.

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