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Last Chance in Vegas

Jonathan Pinnock author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Duckworth Books

Published:27th Oct '22

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A witty, fast-paced thriller set in Las Vegas, with a dash of mathematics and a large dose of danger.

Disaster-prone Tom Winscombe has somehow ended up at an online gambling convention in Las Vegas. As the stakes get higher and his chances of survival drop lower, will he end up with a winning hand?

 

 

On the trail of a couple of missing alpacas, disaster-prone Tom Winscombe has somehow ended up at an online gambling convention in Las Vegas.

With the assistance of his mysterious new companion Ada, his quest takes on a dangerous turn as he finds that this time he has some hungry wildlife to contend with, as well as a cast of disreputable and downright dangerous human characters.

As the stakes get higher and his chances of survival drop lower, Tom finds the only solution may be to forge an unexpected alliance with someone from his past. Will he end up with a winning hand, or will everything fall apart like a house of cards?

Praise for Jonathan Pinnock:

‘Lovely stuff’ Ian Rankin


'A series of humorous, riotous mathematical mysteries' David Nicholls


‘He makes funny and self-deprecating company’ The Herald


‘Jonathan Pinnock writes compelling tales with a deliciously wicked glint in his eye’ Ian Skillicorn, National Short Story Week


‘Jonathan Pinnock is Roald Dahl’s natural successor’ Vanessa Gebbie


‘Funny, clever, and sometimes brilliantly daft. A comedy that I am sure would have made Pythagoras, Archimedes and Douglas Adams all laugh out loud’ Scott Pack on The Truth About Archie and Pye

ISBN: 9781788424295

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

304 pages