a "Between the Books" Novella Las Vegas, the City of Reinvention. No one knows this better than Lucky O’Toole, V.P of Customer Relations at the Babylon, Vegas’s newest, most over-the-top Strip property. As the daughter of one of the men responsible for shaping Vegas from its ignominious Mob beginnings to its full current glory, Lucky has witnessed the constant rebirth. So, when the time comes to implode her father’s first hotel, The Lucky Aces, she feels the angst, but moves on. Until skeletal remains are found in the foundation and her father is implicated in a murder. Then it is a race to uncover the long-buried past. A past no one wants revealed, least of all the killer, who has tried to kill Lucky once before. Lucky must unravel the twisted knot of lies, Mob hits, Vegas power plays, passions, and corruption. Her father’s life hangs in the balance. And when Lucky discovers a key to the puzzle is locked in her own memory, she becomes a target herself.

A between-the-books novella for fun. Alternating time lines from past to present, the story gives a hint of the Vegas of old. Lucky's father's first hotel, the Lucky Aces, is imploded to make room for a new property. Skeletal remains are found in the hotel's foundation and the Big Boss is implicated in the murder. Lucky must race to clear his name in the present, while the past timeline revolves around the murder. A change of pace for me and Lucky...hope you like it.

Las Vegas, the City of Reinvention. No one knows this better than Lucky O’Toole, V.P of Customer Relations at the Babylon, Vegas’s newest, most over-the-top Strip property. As the daughter of one of the men responsible for shaping Vegas from its ignominious Mob beginnings to its full current glory, Lucky has witnessed the constant rebirth. So, when the time comes to implode her father’s first hotel, The Lucky Aces, she feels the angst, but moves on. Until skeletal remains are found in the foundation and her father is implicated in a murder. Then it is a race to uncover the long-buried past. A past no one wants revealed, least of all the killer, who has tried to kill Lucky once before. Lucky must unravel the twisted knot of lies, Mob hits, Vegas power plays, passions, and corruption. Her father’s life hangs in the balance. And when Lucky discovers a key to the puzzle is locked in her own memory, she becomes a target herself.