Deborah Coonts on murder and mayhem in Las Vegas (it’s all fun)
A review of Lucky Stiff, by Deborah Coonts. @@@@ (4 out of 5). The entomologists who are gathering at the Babylon Hotel & Resort in Las Vegas for their annual convention somehow manage to lose several million angry bees on the same day that what’s left of a woman known as a crooked bookmaker turns up in the shark tank at a nearby hotel. Shenanigans ensue, surprises happen, and the good guys win in the end. This is hardly fine literature, but who cares?
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