Synopses & Reviews
When poker players at a major, televised tournament begin turning up strangled in their hotel rooms, cop Clare Vengel must once again go undercover to befriend the suspects and find the killer in their midst. Though Clare hates her shallow cover character Tiffany, a trust-fund princess who thinks the poker tour is a better idea than college, posing helps her infiltrate the inner circle quickly. Her flashy new wardrobe also attracts the attentions of Noah, a dark stranger whos at the game for hidden reasons of his own. With her handlers doubting her every move, everyone she meets lying for a living, and more victims losing their lives, Clare feels the pressure and questions whether she should pack it in and go home to a dull life as a beat cop or stick it out to find the killer and prove her worth.
Review
A fast-paced, readable debut . . . Spano has created an enjoyable read, which bodes well for future entries.” Quill & Quire on Dead Politician Society
Review
"This is a book that grabs you like a gambling addiction and doesn't let go." —Saskatoon StarPhoenix (January 21, 2012)
Synopsis
Someone's making a killing at a major poker tournament -- one dead player at a time -- in this mystery featuring a young female undercover cop
" Death Plays Poker] is a book that grabs you like a gambling addiction and doesn't let go." -- Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Every year, the Canadian Classic Poker Tour attracts TV cameras, scores of fans, and some of the most exciting players from the world of professional gambling. This year it has also attracted a serial killer. Players have been turning up strangled in their hotel rooms, and the Poker Choker's latest victim was an undercover cop sent in to catch the killer. But nothing stops the Poker Classic from playing on -- no matter who folds.
Now young cop Clare Vengel is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's last hope for bringing the killer to justice. Going undercover as a trust-fund princess who thinks gambling is a better idea than college, her flashy new wardrobe helps her infiltrate the elite circle of professional liars. But with her handlers doubting her every move, Clare starts to wonder if they're right: Should she pack it up and go home to a dull life as a beat cop? As more victims lose their lives, Clare will have to go all in against a killer who doesn't bluff.
Synopsis
"World class poker players are being strangled in their hotel rooms, and undercover cop Clare is given her second big assignment: to pose as a poker player in a major televised tournament, befriend the suspects, and find the killer in their midst."--P. [4] of jacket.
About the Author
Robin Spano is a crime writer and the author of "Dead Politician Society." She lives in Steveston, British Columbia.