<p><strong><em>&ldquo;Evanovich&hellip;with a dash of CSI.&rdquo; &ndash; Publishers Weekly (review of Lucky Stiff)</em></strong></p><p><strong>Who would want to kill a clown?</strong></p><p>Lucky O&rsquo;Toole, Chief Problem Solver for the Babylon Hotel, the primo property on the Las Vegas Strip, isn&rsquo;t in any mood to find out.</p><p>For one, it&rsquo;s New Year&rsquo;s Day and Lucky&rsquo;s birthday.</p><p>And she hasn&rsquo;t caught her breath after a chase to the death in Hong Kong and Macau.</p><p>Her French chef is pushing to set the wedding date.</p><p>Her former lover, wounded in the China chase, needs TLC.</p><p>A young woman, in town with the rodeo, shows up at her office with a secret that could blow the lid off Lucky&rsquo;s life as she knows it.</p><p>And Lucky&rsquo;s mother starts acting like the secret could be true.</p><p>Could it?</p><p>What if everything Lucky thought she knew about her family was built on a lie?</p><p>And why would someone kill a clown?</p><p><strong>A light, funny, romantic mystery providing a Vegas escape appropriate for anyone looking for a good laugh. Get your copy today!</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>AN INTERVIEW WITH DEBORAH COONTS</strong></p><p><strong>Why did you decide to write humor?&nbsp;</strong></p><p>I&rsquo;m not sure I decided to add snark to the Lucky books, specifically to Lucky&rsquo;s own voice, it just happened that way. When I was a kid, my mouth always got me into trouble. Finally, I&rsquo;ve found a way to harness the sarcasm for the Forces of Good&mdash;or at least in a way not to anger my grandmother. And when Lucky started talking to me, she had a strong dose of sass in her.</p><p><strong>The Lucky O&#39;Toole Vegas Adventure series is hard to categorize. Is that by design?&nbsp;</strong></p><p>When I set out to write <em>Wanna Get Lucky?</em>, I knew I wanted to write a romp through Las Vegas. I had the characters and the setting but no real understanding of narrative drive. So, I threw a young woman out of a tour helicopter into the middle of the Pirate Show and let the story unfold. A bit of murder to keep the plot moving, some wisecracking and Vegas mischief to make you laugh, and some romance to keep it interesting. A bit of a mash up, but it works.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>PRAISE FOR THE LUCKY O&rsquo;TOOLE VEGAS ADVENTURE SERIES&nbsp;</strong></p><p>&ldquo;Lucky&rsquo;s story is <strong>funny, fast-paced, exuberant and brilliantly realized</strong>.&rdquo; - <em>Susan Wiggs,&nbsp;#1 </em><em>New York&nbsp;Times&nbsp;bestselling author</em></p><p>&ldquo;Get ready to <strong>win big--with a novel that will keep you glued to the pages</strong> all the way to the end.&rdquo; - <em>Brenda Novak, New York Times ' USA Today bestselling author&nbsp;</em></p><p>'<strong>More fun than a winning streak in Vegas</strong>. Lucky O&rsquo;Toole is&nbsp;a character with brains, beauty, and a wry sense of&nbsp;humor. Readers will want to meet her again&mdash;and soon.' - <em>Diane Mott Davidson, New York&nbsp;Times&nbsp;bestselling author</em></p><p>'Deborah Coonts...<strong>entrusts the sleuthing to a brainy beauty who sees the lighter side of human folly.</strong>' - <em>New York Times Book Review</em></p><p>'Las Vegas is the perfect setting for this witty tale of misdirection and larger-than-life characters. <strong>Fans of J. A. Konrath&#39;s Jack Daniels series will love this.</strong>' - <em>Library Journal, starred review</em></p><p>'<strong>A whirlwind of a kooky crime novel</strong>, and readers will enjoy every minute of it. Coonts provides <strong>the perfect solution for readers waiting for the next Stephanie Plum book</strong>.' - <em>Booklist </em></p>