Rex Kusler

bookshelves: off-tbr-and-into-wpb, tbr-busting-2013, abandoned
Read from October 31, 2013 to January 02, 2014

Blurb: Former Las Vegas homicide detective Jim Snow's luck has been going from bad to worse, spurred by a series of rash decisions and a quickly developing mid-life crisis. He quit the force a few years ago to play poker for a living and has been losing steadily for months. His money is running out - and so is his live-in girlfriend.

After one of Snow's poker buddies - a real estate investor and landlord who worked as a clown - is found shot to death in his home following their weekly game, Snow finds himself under suspicion by his former Metro Homicide partner, Marcia Stevens.

At forty-four, Snow is in the worst mess of his life. He's not sure what to do, who to turn to, or who to trust as he scrambles to stay one step ahead of an arrest warrant for first-degree murder.

Smart and tightly plotted, Snow Adrift is the hardboiled origin story to Kusler's popular Las Vegas Mystery series.

Unabridged. Read by Patrick Lawlor.

OFF TBR INTO WPB

Snow Adrift

North America> Las Vegas
gambling
Mystery

Purple prose, hammy narrator, scummy storyline. NEXT!

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Setting: Las Vegas. An engaging story featuring a former homicide detective and current professional Gambler (Jim Snow), Snow's older sister (Karen) a new menopausal victim, her next door neighbor and sometimes lover (Steve) and laid off former basketball coach and teacher (Willie, currently a nine year hobo) who Snow hired to help him investigate his brother-in-law, Bob's murder. Jim and Willie were joined by an attractive black Las Vegas Homicide Detective (Alice) while she was on forced vacation pending reassignment after complaining about her chauvinistic and predatory senior partner. Together they sorted through the suspects (Snow's sister and her neighbor Steve being the principal suspects). Colorful background information about Las Vegas, Gamblers, Casinos and the surrounding support terrain off the strip and the people who populate it. An interesting view of the other side of Vegas. Fast paced action told with self-effacing humor and candor. An enjoyable read especially for someone without more that a surface understanding of Las Vegas and the gambling mentality.… (altro)