{"product_id":"lucky-ride-9781944831752","title":"Lucky Ride","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Evanovich...with a dash of CSI.\" - Publishers Weekly (review of Lucky Stiff)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho would want to kill a clown?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucky O'Toole, Chief Problem Solver for the Babylon Hotel, the primo property on the Las Vegas Strip, isn't in any mood to find out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor one, it's New Year's Day and Lucky's birthday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd she hasn't caught her breath after a chase to the death in Hong Kong and Macau.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer French chef is pushing to set the wedding date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer former lover, wounded in the China chase, needs TLC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young woman, in town with the rodeo, shows up at her office with a secret that could blow the lid off Lucky's life as she knows it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Lucky's mother starts acting like the secret could be true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCould it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if everything Lucky thought she knew about her family was built on a lie?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd why would someone kill a clown?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA light, funny, romantic mystery providing a Vegas escape appropriate for anyone looking for a good laugh. Get your copy today \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAN INTERVIEW WITH DEBORAH COONTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy did you decide to write humor? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Lucky O'Toole Vegas Adventure series is hard to categorize. Is that by design? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen I set out to write \u003cem\u003eWanna Get Lucky?\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR THE LUCKY O'TOOLE VEGAS ADVENTURE SERIES \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lucky's story is \u003cstrong\u003efunny, fast-paced, exuberant and brilliantly realized\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" - \u003cem\u003eSusan Wiggs, #1 \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times bestselling author\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Get ready to \u003cstrong\u003ewin big--with a novel that will keep you glued to the pages\u003c\/strong\u003e all the way to the end.\" - \u003cem\u003eBrenda Novak, New York Times \u0026amp; USA Today bestselling author \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eMore fun than a winning streak in Vegas\u003c\/strong\u003e. Lucky O'Toole is a character with brains, beauty, and a wry sense of humor. Readers will want to meet her again--and soon.\" - \u003cem\u003eDiane Mott Davidson, New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Deborah Coonts...\u003cstrong\u003eentrusts the sleuthing to a brainy beauty who sees the lighter side of human folly.\u003c\/strong\u003e\" - \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Las Vegas is the perfect setting for this witty tale of misdirection and larger-than-life characters. \u003cstrong\u003eFans of J. A. Konrath's Jack Daniels series will love this.\u003c\/strong\u003e\" - \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal, starred review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eA whirlwind of a kooky crime novel\u003c\/strong\u003e, and readers will enjoy every minute of it. Coonts provides \u003cstrong\u003ethe perfect solution for readers waiting for the next Stephanie Plum book\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" - \u003cem\u003eBooklist \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCoonts, Deborah:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - 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(TM) Award Finalist. She has also penned a few standalone novels; After Me, a medical thriller, Deep Water, a romantic suspense, and Crushed, a contemporary romance set in Napa. Although rarely there, Deborah calls Houston home. You can always track her down at www.deborahcoonts.com.","brand":"Chestnut Street Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50366034379026,"sku":"9781944831752","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7b692238-24d9-4d23-98f3-3957925a25ef.jpg?v=1728470408","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lucky-ride-9781944831752","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}