What a great way to start off a new year – By reading a
thrilling murder/mystery type book!
Pascal is a private investigator living in Las Vegas, and
above all, his goal is to win the World Series of Poker.
After giving up his promising academic career of attaining a
Philosophy degree, he decides moving to Vegas and pursuing his poker dreams is
a better idea.
When a prominent figure in the Vegas hotel scene gets
murdered, his daughter hires Pascal to find answers. Her mother is accused of
the murder, and she knows that she is innocent. It seems almost impossible that
it would be anyone else, so Pascal has a hard job ahead of him.
Meanwhile, the daughter that hired Pascal is also arrested
and accused of murdering her half-brother. As if his current mess wasn’t
enough, he has to try to get her off as well.
Pascal then finds himself be threatened by a very prominent
Chicago crime family. While it seems to be a big problem at first, it ends up
helping him put the whole mess together and he finds answers through the chaos.
Pascal is a fun character. His constant references to
philosophy and poker make for an entertaining read. He is an interesting
person, and I would like to read more books with him as the main character. I
feel as though he is the sort of character that you could make a series out of
such as Alex Cross or Lindsay Boxer just to name my favorites.
I would like to hear more of his backstory, and I would like
to see him actually go on to win the poker World Series.
The writing was easy to follow. It didn’t allow for any
boring moments, and the flow of the book ….. flowed well. It all ran together
well, and none of the parts seemed out of place.
5/5 stars.
It was nice to experience Vegas again through this one. I
haven’t been there in a while! :)
