Deborah Coonts - SO DAMN LUCKY
02/29/2012 6:00 pm
While performing his final trick at the performance marking the end
of a forty-year run of one of Las Vegas' most renowned burlesque shows,
magician Dimitri Fortunoff appears to have a fatal accident. Then, when
his body disappears, the questions mount for Lucky O'Toole, head of
Customer Relations for the Babylon resort, the crown jewel of the
mega-resorts dotting the Las Vegas Strip. And the timing couldn't be
worse. Her live-in lover, Teddie, has morphed into a rock star and been
swallowed whole by life on the road. Her mother, Mona, pregnant,
petulant, and perpetually under foot is giving new meaning to the term
'high maintenance.' Paxton Dane, a handsome Texan long on charisma and
short on history, is forcing himself into the void of Teddie's absence,
and a suave French chef is proving to be equal parts charm and venom,
seasoned with a dash of irresistible.
But Lucky can't shake the question: Did Dimitri Fortunoff really die
or is this an elaborate hoax? UFO conventioneers and high-ranking
magicians fill her hotel and she turns to some of them for answers:
Zoom-Zoom Zewicki, a retired astronaut with an agenda all his own, Crazy
Carl Colson, a psychic clinging to the edge of sanity, Marik Kovalenko,
a smoldering internationally renowned magician, The Great Tursinov, a
famed mentalist, Bart Griffin, late-night talk show host, and Junior
Arbogast, professional cynic and hoax exposer.
The trail leads her through the miles of storm culverts under the city of Las Vegas, to the hordes of believers who gather at Rachel for a glimpse of a UFO, to hints of secret programs at Area 51, then culminates on the catwalk above the crowd attending the annual Harry Houdini Séance on Halloween, where Lucky must risk her life to catch a killer.
Location:
- Street:
- 113 Prairie Rd
- City:
- Fairview ,
- Province:
- Texas
- Postal Code:
- 75069
- Country:
- United States
