This first Jake Morgan mystery introduces the 39-year-old ex-cop who will wager on anything. Recently thrown off the force in Boston, in no small part due to his gambling problem, he does what any gambler would--he moves to Las Vegas. There, he immediately finds himself in the middle of Vegas's biggest murder case and is unwittingly dragged through the city's seedy underbelly of entertainment. Jake has only himself to rely on to find the answers--and what's worse, he knows that even if he solves the case, there's no one in Vegas who would believe him.