Kirjahaku

Las Vegas, 1966. There are parts of Sin City the neon lights don't reach, and only the desperate and dangerous venture into the city's seedy backstreets, where gangsters rule, the floating poker games never stop, and people disappear without a trace. Ruby Gordon is desperate. She has nowhere else to go when her brother opens his home to her. He runs an off-the-books juke joint, and she is fascinated by the most dangerous

Secrets can kill ...Tim Kelly makes a deal with Mexican gunrunners that will bring him much-needed cash and improve his standing in Vegas' criminal underworld. Then he gets stiffed, and the only person with an explanation isn't talking.Lupe Delgado is on the run from a powerful cartel and her only goal is to put distance between her and the man who wants her dead. Her escape is thwarted when she ends up in Tim's hands.Tim offers an exchange: information on the location of his weapons shipment for Lupe's freedom. Lupe reluctantly agrees to help Tim, but refuses to tell him why she fled Mexico.When hitmen arrive in town, Tim and Lupe take the fight to Mexico. Surrounded by enemies, Lupe must reveal her secret if they're going to survive - and it's one the cartel will kill to keep.

We're not in the desert anymore ...Jake Wheeler wants out from under his Outfit debt and to reunite with Darla Redmond in Hollywood. The only way he can do it is with the help of Tim Kelly.Tim isn't thrilled to see Jake back in Las Vegas, and he doesn't trust a word coming out of his mouth. But Jake's offer of a big score that would legitimize his business dealings is too good to pass up. They head to Alabama for the loot, and on their way back, they end up in the Louisiana bayou. Neither of them bargained for the small-town sheriff and the crooked prison warden. They've been sentenced to five years hard labor on a chain gang. No one knows where they are, and no one's going to come looking. Escape is the only thing on their minds.

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