Lucky Bastard

Written by Deborah Coonts

Narrated by Renee Raudman

Lucky O'Toole, the newly promoted vice president of Customer Relations for the Babylon, Las Vegas's primo Strip property, has never met a problem she couldn't handle. But when a young woman is found dead, sprawled across the hood of a new, bright red Ferrari California in the Babylon's on-site dealership, a Jimmy Choo stiletto stuck in her carotid, Lucky's skills are maxed out.

Of course her life is already on overload. Her mother, Mona, is pregnant, hormonal, and bored-a triple threat. A song that Teddie, Lucky's former lover, wrote for her is getting national airplay as he hits the talk shows, pleading for her forgiveness. Lucky is less than amused by the high-powered "infotainment" spotlight on her personal life. She's having enough trouble fending off Chef Jean-Charles Bouclet, the Babylon's tasty new dish.

All of this and The Smack-Down Poker tournament, the second-largest poker tournament in the world, is holding its final round at the Babylon. Hookers, thieves, players, cheaters, media, and hangers-on descend, looking to win or to score. When one of the players turns up dead, Lucky starts to make connections between the two murders, putting her in the crosshairs of the killer.

After a revelation by someone close to her sends her world reeling even further, Lucky struggles to keep her life in balance, and a murderer from killing again as bodies pile up.

Then, just when she's losing control…life deals another major complication to her personal life…and it's not going to be pretty.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: May 14, 2013
• ISBN: 9781480505957

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.

Reviews for Lucky Bastard

[sweetchuckie · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I was disappointed. I was expecting some romance (with all of the men in Lucky's life, you'd think she'd be snogging like crazy!) but there was very little romance at all!
They mystery of who killed pretty woman in the Ferarri was good. I don't think I would continue on with this series or read the older titles though.

[ethel55_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Lucky O'Toole continues to grow on me, and I think it's unfair to always compare her to Stephanie Plum. Lucky, progeny of a Vegas big wig, has worked her way up in the hospitality business in casinos, no less, a place where repeat customers, conventions and "whales", all vie for her attention. She's tough and she's smart and it's not her fault dead bodies keep appearing at the Babylon hotel. Her easy friendship with the police helps ease what others might construe as nosiness into official business. Like the Plum books, there are some great secondary characters, Vegas being on of the best. (less)

[jbarr5 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Lucky Bastard by Deborah CoontsWanted to read this book because of the locale: Las Vegas strip.Lucky has a lot going on in her personal life (others in the family) and her business life-she runs a strip mall on the strip.She is called when a dead body is found and wishes she had not answered the call.Fascinating, love to learn about new things: red contact lenses! Love how they solve why things happened and the props used.The book cover really fits the book content. Seems just when they get a handle on one aspect of the murder, there are 10 other questions and theygo clue to clue to find the answers. There are a lot of characters in the book but they do not swarm down all at once to overcome you. It's easy to keep them straight.I loved hearing of the Spring Mountains as my visit to LV we walked around the area there.This series sounds like it could go on forever because there are a lot of things that come up at casion/restuarant/hotels in LV.I received this book from JKCommunications in exchange for my honest opinion.

[treehorse-1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Meh. Will/she won't she is starting to take away from the whole mystery plot.