The House Always Wins: A Vegas Ghost Story

by Brian Rouff

Overview

Anna Christiansen's small-town life is about to go haywire. A young reporter stuck in a dead-end job, Anna falls head over heels for an interview subject, the bass player in an up-and-coming alt band. In short order, she pulls up stakes, moves to Las Vegas, gets married and pregnant, and moves into a big fixer-upper haunted by the ghost of a Sin City racketeer.

That's when she receives a letter from a corrupt casino owner that he's buying up all the properties on her street to make way for a parking lot. But Anna has poured her heart and soul into the house, and digs in hard to fight the system, not the easiest of tasks in a city where bribery, mayhem, and murder are standard operating procedures.

Can Anna's tough-guy ghost provide the help she needs to prevail in this dangerous cat-and-mouse game? Will Anna's life be left in ruins? Or worse?

Part road trip, part coming-of-age saga, part mystery, part ghost story, The House Always Wins is all Vegas.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158618758
Publisher:	Huntington Press
Publication date:	08/25/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	939 KB

About the Author

Brian Rouff was born in Detroit, raised in Southern California, and has lived in Las Vegas since 1981, which makes him a long-timer by local standards. When he’s not writing articles, screenplays, and Las Vegas-based novels such as Dice Angel and Money Shot, he runs Imagine Communications, a marketing and public relations firm in Henderson. Brian is married with two daughters and five grandchildren.

Editorial Reviews

"Las Vegas is a city of ghosts. Some apparitions haunt its mobbed-up past. Others seem to walk among us. Author Brian Rouff understands Las Vegas and its ghosts better than most, and it shows in his latest novel. The House Always Wins is entertaining and intriguing and will make a great addition to your Las Vegas bookshelf."

John L. Smith

"Brian Rouff's ability to get inside his characters while examining universal truths is outstanding. The House Always Wins is funny, poignant, and builds a bridge between the yesterdays, todays, and tomorrows that make up our lives.

Bob Burris

"Brian Rouff has done it. Again. His ability to weave in humor, mystery, and drama with iconic Las Vegas history makes readers feel like they've been given a winning poker hand. The House Always Wins had me giggling and smiling and turning the pages as fast as I could."

Jami Carpenter

"Rouff takes fact, mixes it with a bit of fiction, and stirs it into a wonderful cocktail. It's a terrific ride through Vegas old and new."

Paul Atreides

"A love story. Vegas. A house with deadly secrets. Brian Rouff does it again with The House Always Wins."

Gretchen Archer