Under the Skin of Death: A Cold Poker Gang Short Story: Cold Poker Gang

By Dean Wesley Smith

Retired Detectives Pickett and Sarge and Robin working on a cold case given to them for the Cold Poker Gang cold case task force must figure out where a mummified body came from in the famous ruins of the Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino.

The Moulin Rouge only stayed open for six months back in 1955, but the impact on race relations in Las Vegas and around the world lasted for decades.

Somehow they can't allow this case to stay cold and impact the history of the important and famous place.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WMG Publishing
• Release date: Jun 24, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201298463

Dean Wesley Smith

Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, USA TODAY bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith published far over a hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds of short stories across many genres. He currently produces novels in four major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the old west, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the urban fantasy Ghost of a Chance series, and the superhero series staring Poker Boy. During his career he also wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, Spider-Man and X-Men novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds.

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Under the Skin of Death

Under the Skin of Death

A Cold Poker Gang Short Story

Dean Wesley Smith

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Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

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1

The three cats were sleeping in the bright morning sun in the large living room of the condo. Retired Detective Debra Pickett just stared at them as she sipped her coffee in the kitchen, amazed that they didn’t get too hot in the bright Las Vegas light.

Sarge’s two orange cats, Pet and Ree flanked her cat, Nose, on the big brown cloth couch, all spaced evenly apart. She and Sarge had gotten the cats a year before as kittens, but now they were at full size. Nose, a black and white tuxedo cat was the girl and considerably smaller than the two orange male cats. But Nose seemed to run the house and the boys didn’t seem to mind at all.

And all three of them were in top shape considering how much running they did through the two combined condos and up into the loft above the big condo. One thing both Pickett and Sarge had learned was don’t get in the way of any of the cats when they were running. It was always a losing proposition.

I see the morning napping in the sun has begun, Sarge said as he came down the hall. He always let her have the bathroom first and for that