‘Tony Valentine’ - BK05 - Mr. Lucky - James Swain Audiobook

Written by James Swain
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps

Tony Valentine made his living and his name as a cop in Atlantic City - and is
now known worldwide for his ability to spot the kinds of scams, grifts, and
rip-offs that cost casinos billions every year. A man with a biting wit who
drives a ‘92 Honda, Tony is low-profile, old-school, and has seen it all -
until he meets the luckiest man on earth.

Ricky Smith was once a small-town loser. Then he went to Las Vegas, jumped out
the window of a burning hotel, lived to tell the tale, and tore up the Strip
on an incredible winning streak. Ricky didn’t just win at one slot machine or
table game. He won at blackjack, roulette, and craps, and then beat the pants
off the world’s greatest poker player. Tony knows that goofy, loudmouthed
Ricky Smith - or anyone else, for that matter - couldn’t possibly be that
fortunate. But when “Mr. Lucky” returns home to the little town of Slippery
Rock, North Carolina, he keeps on winning everything from a horse race to a
$50,000 lottery.

Hired by a desperate casino, Tony starts to pry into Ricky’s past, his
friends, and the strange little town that is benefiting from Ricky’s fame and
fortune. Unfortunately for Tony, his cover is blown when he is forced to
reveal a trick he has up his own sleeve: a pocket Glock he can shoot with
laser-like precision. Suddenly, two men are dead, the cops are on Tony’s tail,
and the investigation explodes in violence - putting the lives of Tony’s son
and his young family in danger.

For years, Tony’s son Gerry has dueled with his own criminal impulses. Now,
the Ricky Smith case has lured Gerry through the gates of temptation and into
a murderous confrontation with the Dixie Mafia. With Tony stuck on the
slippery slope of Slippery Rock and Gerry fighting for his life, the
Valentines are finding out just how bad good luck can get.

Against a neon-tinted backdrop of adrenaline rushes, hard crashes, big money,
and high-wire tension, the inimitable James Swain has set his best Tony
Valentine novel yet: a funny, furious ride with an astounding array of crooks,
marks, and one killer scam.