Cold Poker Gang Series

USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith takes you into the world of his acclaimed novel Dead Money with a new series about a group of retired Las Vegas Police detectives playing poker and solving cold cases. Retired Detective Bayard Lott hosts the weekly poker games at his home. The group calls themselves the Cold Poker Gang. And they succeed at closing old cases. Lott's very first homicide case as a brand-new detective had gone cold more than twenty years earlier. But retired Reno detective Julia Rogers, new to the Cold Poker Gang, suggests they look at that case again for personal reasons. From that simple suggestion spins one of the strangest and most complicated murder mystery puzzles the gang has ever seen. Read the whole riveting series! Cold Call Calling Dead  Bad Beat Dead Hand  Freezeout Ace High Burn Card "Dean Wesley Smith does for poker what James Patterson does for serial killers." —Sheldon McArthur, former owner of Mysterious Books in Los Angeles "[An] exhilarating political poker thriller." —Genre Go Round Reviews on Dead Money

The retired Las Vegas detectives in the Cold Poker Gang work hard to solve cold cases. Sometimes, those cases bring back personal nightmares. Deciding to tackle one of the coldest cold cases in the files, retired detectives Lott, Rogers, and Andor uncover far more than simple murder, and possibly the worst serial killer ever. A twisted mystery that will keep you reading to the last page. "…Dean Wesley Smith draws a royal straight flush by making the hand he deals readers seem possible with this exhilarating political poker thriller…" —Midwest Book Review on Dead Money

Sandy Hunter kissed her husband goodbye one normal morning on her way to work. She never made it. Last seen walking alone into a Las Vegas hotel room, she never came out and no sign of her remained in that room. Her missing person's case went cold for fourteen years until retired Las Vegas detectives Debra Pickett and Sarge Carson, members of the Cold Poker Gang, decided to investigate how a woman could vanish from a locked hotel room without a trace. Another twisted Cold Poker Gang mystery from the prolific mind of USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith. If you love puzzle mystery novels, grab a Cold Poker Gang mystery novel. "…Dean Wesley Smith draws a royal straight flush by making the hand he deals readers seem possible with this exhilarating political poker thriller…" —Midwest Book Review on Dead Money

The Cold Poker Gang consists of a group of retired Las Vegas Police detectives getting together once a week to play cards and work to solve cold cases. Retired Detectives Bayard Lott and Julia Rogers stand at an unmarked grave in the desert, about ready to close a thirty-year-old cold case of a missing woman. But what appears from that grave keeps their case very much open, and shines a light on many other cold cases. Another twisted mystery that only the Cold Poker Gang can solve. "…Dean Wesley Smith draws a royal straight flush by making the hand he deals readers seem possible with this exhilarating political poker thriller…" —Midwest Book Review on Dead Money

More than two hundred couples get married in Las Vegas every day. And some people just go missing right before their planned wedding. Some show up later. Some are never found. The Cold Poker Gang decides to look into an old cold case of a woman who went missing right before her wedding. What they dig up shocks the entire city to the core. And exposes the dirty side of an industry beyond the roses and cake and white dresses. Another twisted mystery from USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith. "…Dean Wesley Smith draws a royal straight flush by making the hand he deals readers seem possible with this exhilarating political poker thriller…" —Midwest Book Review on Dead Money

USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith returns with a new novel in his popular series about a group of retired Las Vegas Police detectives playing poker and solving cold cases. When retired detective Bayard Lott offers to help retired detective Julia Rogers search for her lost friend near a remote Idaho lake, they find clues that might lead them directly to the most dangerous serial killer in Las Vegas history. Set in the rugged mountains of Idaho, this twisted mystery pits the Cold Poker Gang against a master criminal.   "…Dean Wesley Smith draws a royal straight flush by making the hand he deals readers seem possible with this exhilarating political poker thriller…" —The Midwest Book Review on Dead Money

1991. The famous Las Vegas hotel The Landmark scheduled for destruction. A girl's body found in one of the old rooms. Impossible to even tell her identity or what happened to her. Seventeen years later Cold Poker Gang members Pickett and Sarge take up the girl's long-cold case. And layer by layer they uncover one of the most twisted crimes in the history of the famous sin city. A crime that still needs to be covered up with even more death. Ace High wins the award for the most twisted crime novel yet in the series of Cold Poker Gang novels. If you love great mystery books, grab this one. "…Dean Wesley Smith draws a royal straight flush by making the hand he deals readers seem possible with this exhilarating political poker thriller…" —Midwest Book Review on Dead Money

Retired Las Vegas Detectives Debra Pickett and Sarge Carson think the solution to a very old cold case came easy. Turns out, a little too easy. And the deeper they dig into the old case, the more they uncover a very ugly side of humanity. And bodies. More and more bodies. Another very, very twisted Cold Poker Gang mystery novel.

Turns out retired Las Vegas Detectives Benson Cavanaugh and Bonnie State enjoy working together, even after years of working alone. And on their second time to a Cold Poker Gang Task Force meeting, they take home not only an impossible forty-year-old cold case murder to solve, but a family of cats. Slowly, detail by detail, Bonnie and Cavanaugh piece together what happened to not only their original murder victim, but to other victims over the years. A twisted mystery of the good in the world colliding with the bad. And, of course, cats. Lots of cats.

International bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith returns to his bestselling Cold Poker Gang Mystery series with another twisted mystery in Case Card. Retired detectives Debra Pickett and Sarge Carson return to the Cold Poker Gang Task Force after the pandemic to tackle the most famous of all Las Vegas cold cases: the disappearance of a college student fifty-one years before. Becky Williams entered her apartment building on November 24, 1971, and vanished without a trace. Now, Pickett and Sarge have one last chance to solve the case before a building remodel destroys whatever clues remain. But the twisted trail they follow in their investigation might prove the strangest and just downright Las Vegas-weirdest case they have ever solved. "Dean Wesley Smith does for poker what James Patterson does for serial killers." —Sheldon McArthur, former owner of Mysterious Books in Los Angeles

Retired Las Vegas Detectives Benson Cavanaugh and Bonnie State always worked alone before retiring. But joining the Cold Poker Gang task force push them to work together. Not something they easily want to do. Searching for clues on a long cold missing person's case, they explore a shuttered old hotel and casino and find far more than anyone expected. And that discovery takes them on a twisted journey through the past. Another very, very twisted Cold Poker Gang mystery novel.

Sandy Goodson in 2002 vanished without a trace. Seventeen years later, retired detectives Isadora Fawn and Hugh Halligan team up, working for the Cold Poker Gang task force, to look into the Goodson missing person's case. As active detectives years earlier, both individually tried to solve this impossible case without luck. Now, together, they uncover far, far more than they ever imagined. Another very twisted Cold Poker Gang mystery novel.

Thirty years ago in Las Vegas, Becky Penn said goodnight to her mother to go out with friends and vanished without a trace. Retired Detectives Bayard Lott and Julia Rogers, members of the Cold Poker Gang, take on Becky Penn's cold case. They love working with other retired detectives and playing a little poker once a week, all to solve cold cases. A puzzle mystery unraveled carefully by the retired detectives who make up the Cold Poker Gang.

If you love puzzle mystery novels, complicated cold cases, and detectives tackling the most twisted crimes, take this opportunity to introduce yourself to USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith’s Cold Poker Gang. This starter bundle includes the first three books in the Cold Poker Gang series: Kill Game, Cold Call, and Calling Dead Kill Game USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith takes you into the world of his acclaimed novel Dead Money with a new series about a group of retired Las Vegas Police detectives playing poker and solving cold cases. Retired Detective Bayard Lott hosts the weekly poker games at his home. The group calls themselves the Cold Poker Gang. And they succeed at closing old cases. Lott’s very first homicide case as a brand-new detective had gone cold more than twenty years earlier. But retired Reno detective Julia Rogers, new to the Cold Poker Gang, suggests they look at that case again for personal reasons. From that simple suggestion spins one of the strangest and most complicated murder mystery puzzles the gang has ever seen. Cold Call USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith returns with a new novel in his popular series about a group of retired Las Vegas Police detectives playing poker and solving cold cases. When retired detective Bayard Lott offers to help retired detective Julia Rogers search for her lost friend near a remote Idaho lake, they find clues that might lead them directly to the most dangerous serial killer in Las Vegas history. Set in the rugged mountains of Idaho, this twisted mystery pits the Cold Poker Gang against a master criminal. Calling Dead The retired Las Vegas detectives in the Cold Poker Gang work hard to solve cold cases. Sometimes, those cases bring back personal nightmares. Deciding to tackle one of the coldest cold cases in the files, retired detectives Lott, Rogers, and Andor uncover far more than simple murder, and possibly the worst serial killer ever. A twisted mystery that will keep you reading to the last page.

The Cold Poker Gang, a task force of retired Las Vegas detectives that meet once a week to play a little poker and work on solving cold cases given to them by the Chief of Police. Retired Detectives Pickett and Sarge solved an eight-year-old cold case, but while doing so, they faced one of the most common human fears.

USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith takes you into the world of his acclaimed novel Dead Money with a new series about a group of retired Las Vegas Police detectives playing poker and solving cold cases.  The Cold Poker Gang work their cases around Sin City, ground that is as familiar to them as retired detective Lott's basement poker table. This ebook contains a list of all of the books in the series in reading order, with covers, descriptions, and links to buy. "…Dean Wesley Smith draws a royal straight flush by making the hand he deals readers seem possible with this exhilarating political poker thriller…" —Midwest Book Review on Dead Money

Picket and Sarge, two recently retired Las Vegas Detectives volunteer their time for the Cold Poker Gang task force that solves cold cases. Plus, they fell in love along the way. Connie Dipkin's case remains at the top of the strange cold cases of all time in Las Vegas, and for Las Vegas, that says a lot. She died standing up, in the middle of a sidewalk, with no wounds, nothing medical. And she stood there dead for three hours before someone noticed. A real cold case puzzle for Picket and Sarge.

Picket and Sarge, two recently retired Las Vegas Detectives, volunteer their time for the Cold Poker Gang task force that solves cold cases. Plus, they fell in love along the way. Vicki Dix's disappearance remains at the top of the strange cold cases of all time in Las Vegas, and for Las Vegas that says a lot. Vicki, a well-liked attorney for a major firm, simply walked into her own home and vanished without a trace. Picket and Sarge decide to take one more look at the impossible case. Just one more.

USA Today and New York Times bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith offers up eight thrilling puzzle mystery stories in his bestselling Cold Poker Gang Mystery series. If you love puzzle mysteries, complicated cold cases, and detectives tackling the most twisted crimes, take this opportunity to introduce yourself to this talented group of retired Las Vegas detectives playing poker and solving cold cases. These eight stories each feature a new cold-case mystery and offer a look at the hard-to-solve crimes found in all the Cold Poker Gang novels. "Dean Wesley Smith does for poker what James Patterson does for serial killers." —Sheldon McArthur, former owner of Mysterious Books in Los Angeles

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.