The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas: A Mystery

by Chris Ewan

Overview

Chris Ewan's The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas is the next caper in a series that's being called "impressive… comic…fresh" (Publishers Weekly—starred review).

Charlie Howard isn't only a part-time crime writer and part-time thief; he's also a magician. For his next trick, he'll relieve Josh Masters, the famous illusionist vying for the affections of Charlie's agent Victoria, of a fortune in casino chips stashed in his hotel safe. Revenge would be sweet—if there weren't a dead redhead floating in Masters' bathtub and Masters himself hadn't just disappeared in a puff of smoke after cheating at roulette. Convinced that Charlie is in on the scam, the casino's owners give him an impossible mission: pull off an elaborate heist to reimburse the house for every dollar his "accomplice" made off with, or enjoy a one-way trip into the desert.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312580865
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	07/05/2011
Series:	Good Thief's Guide , #3
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Chris Ewan, who lives on the Isle of Man, began his crime-writing career with The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam, which was called one the "best books for grownups" by Publishers Weekly and AARP The Magazine, and one of the best thrillers of the year by the London Times. The Huffington Post also named Ewan one of America's favorite British authors in a readers' poll. He is the author of the Good Thief novels and the stand-alone thriller, Safe House.

Editorial Reviews

Ewan masterfully merges the comic with the thrilling in this fresh, captivating book.” —RT Book Reviews (Top Pick!)

“A combination of engaging characterizations, suspenseful stories, and sharp writing, makes the Good Thief novels feel fresh and exciting.” —Booklist

“Charlie's cheeky first-person narrative keeps his caper nicely afloat.” —Kirkus Reviews

“The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas, the latest gem in Chris Ewan's sparkling series, carries us along on an utterly irresistible sin-city caper. ” —MEGAN ABBOTT, EDGAR®-WINNING AUTHOR OF QUEENPIN AND BURY ME DEEP

“The Good Thief's Guide to Paris features wonderful descriptions of locale, engaging and wacky characters, and an engrossing plot that will leave readers eager for the next book.” —Library Journal (Starred review)

“Charlie is agreeable company…as he narrates his own skilled thievery and flights of quick thought. Seeing the pieces fly together at the end without a single missing bit is pretty fun.” —HOUSTON CHRONICLE ON THE GOOD THIEF'S GUIDE TO AMSTERDAM

From the Publisher

The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas, the latest gem in Chris Ewan's sparkling series, carries us along on an utterly irresistible sin-city caper.

EDGAR®-WINNING AUTHOR OF QUEENPIN AND BURY ME MEGAN ABBOTT

Charlie Howard, the self-mocking narrator of Ewan's Good Thief Guide series who's both a mystery writer and smallscale thief, once again shows he's not terribly good at either in his diverting third outing (after 2008's The Good Thief's Guide to Paris). Set largely in the fictional Fifty-Fifty hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nev., the book opens with Howard picking the pocket of Josh Masters, the casino's resident magician. Armed with Masters's wallet, Howard visits Masters's suite (with a nice bit on breaking into the magician's personal safe) only to discover what appears to be a dead body floating in the bath. The stakes rise when Masters disappears during his own magic show-- during a trick using Howard's literary agent, Victoria, as a volunteer--and the casino's security men detain the pair. Those looking for suspense or intricate plotting will be disappointed, but fans of light comic capers will be rewarded. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly