The Blackjack Player

by Gerald Boltz

Overview

The old West comes alive in this modern-day thriller.

Step inside the workings of opulent Casinos in this tale of greed, murder, and betrayal in the city of sin. Trenton Russell was one of the CIA's most astute analysts with almost magical abilities to solve riddles. Then one day, a mission goes south, and he quits the company in disgust, guilt-ridden, and denied the one skill he's passionate about, solving mysteries. He reinvents himself as an investigative journalist. exposing lies, not being a part of them. His one rudder in a "normal" world is his intense loyalty to friends. People he cares about. When his best friend's daughter is kidnapped in Las Vegas, he must resurrect the old magic to find her before time runs out. He soon finds out that all is not what it seems, that he has stepped into a web of lies and deceit that rivals anything the CIA threw him into. To make matters worse, the FBI shuts him out and threatens to arrest him for obstruction if he continues meddling in "their" case. He plays high-stakes blackjack to focus his mind and sometimes, gets "visions" into problems he's working on, but more often than not, the stakes are not money but human lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798881163754
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	04/03/2024
Series:	The Blackjack Player , #1
Pages:	444
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Gerald Boltz is a former exhibiting fine arts painter, writer, and cartoonist, currently living in the northern California Delta. His passions besides his creative efforts, are traveling, sailing, and playing chess. He can be found on Chess.com under the handle, "Tasty Frog." He is hard at work on his 5th novel, The Night of the Blue Lights. A murder in area 51. Look for it soon.
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