“Evanovich…with a dash of CSI.” – Publishers Weekly (review of Lucky Stiff)
Lucky’s story comes full circle in the conclusion of the Lucky O’Toole Vegas Adventures.
Home: A refuge. An escape. Where the heart is.
After a high-body count trip through Europe, Lucky O’Toole, the Chief Problem solver for the Babylon, Las Vegas’s most over the top Strip casino, is home and searching for peace, … searching for peace, quiet and a quick fix for a broken heart.
She should know better.
Her father is failing in his fight to regain his health after taking a bullet to the chest.
Her mother, Mona, is increasingly desperate to be “useful” which usually results in her being anything but.
Her love life is in shambles.
The DEA is after her, but not giving a hint as to why.
The NBA is in town for their All-Star break extravaganza highlighting the new rookies.
Somebody got cute and put a Bugatti on top of her hotel.
And a dead guy turns up in delivery bay seven with his skull bashed in.
Not exactly the soft reentry Lucky had hoped for. But she can handle it.
Until her father, after checking himself out of the hospital, summons Lucky for a “family” meeting. A secret from his past puts the future of the Babylon and the family in jeopardy.
And he expects Lucky to fix it.
Worse, a financier who played cat-and-mouse with Lucky around the globe, striving to leave her holding the bag, could hold the key to her saving it all.
Can she trust him?
Does she have a choice?
Find out by getting your copy of this light, funny, romantic mystery 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
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I enjoyed this book, in fact the whole series. It is sad that there won’t be anymore adventures in Lucky’s unique world. With so much going on it is hard to find what I liked best. It was just a good book with great characters and a twisty mystery. The book continues from when the last adventure left off, it isn’t necessarily to have read the previous book but reading a Lucky adventure is like catching up with old friends, with so many recurring characters it feels like you know them or have at the very least watched them on the tv, so I would recommend reading the previous books first.
Lucky has finally made it home, back to Las Vegas and just in time. With her father’s health continuing to decline and Mona launching another one of her stunts, it is just another day in Vegas. What isn’t another day is the dead body found in the delivery bay and a car placed in the middle of the restaurant at the top of the casino and Lucky has to hit the tarmac running to get ahead of it all as head problem solver for the Babylon. But someone is cleaning up there own mess and all Lucky finds is bodies. The casino didn’t stop spinning with Lucky gone but now she is back she will have to find a blackmailer as well as a killer because this time she is fighting to save the Las Vegas she calls home as well as the big bosses life. Oh it’s good to be back!
It might be the end of the Lucky O’Toole series but I can’t wait to see what adventure the author will take us on next.
Sorry to see the series end!
After a trip around the globe, Lucky lands back in her beloved Las Vegas only to hit the ground running at her usual frenetic pace – and the people in her life continue to create complications that no mere mortal should be able handle. But, as usual, Lucky is up to the task – or is she? Deborah Coonts is a skilled wordsmith, and she is deftly able to keep us on the edge of our seat breathlessly following Lucky through the maze that is her life.
This is an incredible saga really, following the intrepid Lucky O’Toole through many adventures. This book is the last in the series, though many of us secretly hope there could be others later on…. never say never, right? This is the crowning gem of the series, bringing things around to where they belong. Such a good read, so well done you KNOW Lucky and you FEEL her distress. I recommend it very very highly. Thank you Ms Coonts for a wonderful series.
The final book in the Lucky O’Toole series does not disappoint! If you have not read the series, this might not be the book to start with as there is so much “Lucky” history that you will have missed. She is going out with a bang as there is a murder during a convention, a car is on the roof, the Babylon may be in trouble, her father’s health is in jeopardy, her mother is…well her mother, and the DEA need to talk to her. In other words, a typical day in the life of Lucky. Lucky is the Vice President for Customer Relations for the Babylon Casino, in her words, a “fixer.” The story is full of action, mystery, and humor as Lucky moves from one problem to the next. A wonderful series and an amazing and sad farewell to Lucky. I received an advance review copy at no cost and without obligation from the author. (by paytonpuppy)