Tony Valentine, retired Atlantic City cop turned detective-for-hire, is an expert at catching gamblers who try to improve the odds by cheating . . . but he (and his not-quite-honest son and partner) may be in over their heads when they investigate allegations that a a multi-million dollar poker tournament being held in Las Vegas has been rigged by the Mob.

#6 in a series, but readable and enjoyable without the first five. Fair warning: This is, in effect, part 1 of a story that's concluded in "Deadman's Bluff."

Left on a table in the lobby