Feisty, redheaded Alexandra Merritt has the curious dilemma of inheriting her former employer?s casino in Las Vegas?where anything can and does happen. In addition to learning the ins and outs of running the Desert Flower, Alex has to deal with the famous and the infamous with their special quirks. Hot-shot athletes, movie stars, and stand-up comics all converge on the casino. But when more than one of her guests turns up dead, Alex becomes embroiled in a mystery as hot as the Nevada desert.Beautiful blond Nikki Simmons has the face of an angel, the body of a goddess, and the conscience of a sociopath. A spoiled heiress, she kills for fun. When she instantly takes a dislike to Alex, she decides to put the casino owner on her list of victims. After all, what?s one more?Alex isn?t sure who wants her dead, but she better figure it out before the Desert Flower becomes Vegas?s next morgue.With its tantalizing mix of cozy and regional, fans of Carolyn Hart and Cleo Coyle will enjoy this second offering in the Alexandra Merritt mystery series.
In hopes of bringing the high rollers back to downtown, Mayor Oscar Goodman plans to build a high-rise, glittering casino. He invests everything he has to buy the property and raises the rest of the money from old friends--friends he once defended in court. If his plan doesn't succeed, he stands to lose more than his life savings.On opening day, things go wrong, and those responsible wind up dead. Detectives Sam Howard and Jessica Chalmers begin to wonder...Is the Mayor a possible victim, or is he the prime suspect?
It's National Finals Rodeo Week in Las Vegas, with even more people than usual traveling to the City of Sin in hopes of fulfilling their dreams. And they'll do almost anything to get what they want. There's Sonny Monroe, a country music superstar clinging to the edge of disaster. Ferlin and Patsy, who just want to be married by an Elvis impersonator, see the rodeo, and get home. Lil'bit Meade hoping to win the barrel racing event with her stallion. Charles Driscoll is starting a new job and plans to prove he has what it takes. Sandy dreaming of collecting a thirteenmillion-dollar jackpot. And Inquizitor, a rodeo bull so deadly he can't be bred, wants one more chance to kill. When one of the new arrivals winds up dead, casino owner Alexandra Merritt and homicide detective Mike Simmons have a case to solve, and they must do so before the suspects all leave town. There's only one murderer, but everyone involved will find that it is a Rough Ride in Vegas.
In hopes of bringing the high rollers back to downtown, Mayor Oscar Goodman plans to build a high-rise, glittering casino. He invests everything he has to buy the property and raises the rest of the money from old friends--friends he once defended in court. If his plan doesn't succeed, he stands to lose more than his life savings.On opening day, things go wrong, and those responsible wind up dead. Detectives Sam Howard and Jessica Chalmers begin to wonder...Is the Mayor a possible victim, or is he the prime suspect?
Feisty, redheaded Alexandra Merritt has the curious dilemma of inheriting her former employer?s casino in Las Vegas?where anything can and does happen. In addition to learning the ins and outs of running the Desert Flower, Alex has to deal with the famous and the infamous with their special quirks. Hot-shot athletes, movie stars, and stand-up comics all converge on the casino. But when more than one of her guests turns up dead, Alex becomes embroiled in a mystery as hot as the Nevada desert.Beautiful blond Nikki Simmons has the face of an angel, the body of a goddess, and the conscience of a sociopath. A spoiled heiress, she kills for fun. When she instantly takes a dislike to Alex, she decides to put the casino owner on her list of victims. After all, what?s one more?Alex isn?t sure who wants her dead, but she better figure it out before the Desert Flower becomes Vegas?s next morgue.With its tantalizing mix of cozy and regional, fans of Carolyn Hart and Cleo Coyle will enjoy this second offering in the Alexandra Merritt mystery series.
Alberto Minnelli can get anything he wantsexcept the thing he wants most. He's running out of time. It's been a long journey for him, from the wartime streets of Little Italy to owner of Vegas casinos. As he gathers his regrets and contemplates his future, he makes his plans. When he was a young man with a gentle nature, he'd done what was necessary to provide for his family, including murder. A provider for others all his life, there are three people left on his list. Two of them to care for, one to kill.
It's National Finals Rodeo Week in Las Vegas, with even more people than usual traveling to the City of Sin in hopes of fulfilling their dreams. And they'll do almost anything to get what they want. There's Sonny Monroe, a country music superstar clinging to the edge of disaster. Ferlin and Patsy, who just want to be married by an Elvis impersonator, see the rodeo, and get home. Lil'bit Meade hoping to win the barrel racing event with her stallion. Charles Driscoll is starting a new job and plans to prove he has what it takes. Sandy dreaming of collecting a thirteenmillion-dollar jackpot. And Inquizitor, a rodeo bull so deadly he can't be bred, wants one more chance to kill. When one of the new arrivals winds up dead, casino owner Alexandra Merritt and homicide detective Mike Simmons have a case to solve, and they must do so before the suspects all leave town. There's only one murderer, but everyone involved will find that it is a Rough Ride in Vegas.
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