***The Only Girl in the Game,* one of many classic novels from crime writer John D. MacDonald, the beloved author of *Cape Fear* and the Travis McGee series, is now available as an eBook.** Her employers are the high priests of the great gambling mecca in the desert--and she is their handmaid
The Only Girl in the Game
β Scribed by MacDonald, John D
- Book ID
- 107764229
- Publisher
- Fawcett
- Year
- 1960
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 240 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780307827043
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β¦ Synopsis
The Only Girl in the Game, one of many classic novels from crime writer John D. MacDonald, the beloved author of Cape Fear and the Travis McGee series, is now available as an eBook.
Her employers are the high priests of the great gambling mecca in the desert - and she is their handmaiden. Her job is to lead the lambs to the sacrifice, to keep them happy at the tables, where her partners slaughter the suckers. She longs to be free of the entertainers rubbing elbows with thugs at the craps tables, the divorcΓ©es hocking their jewels next to all-night marriage chapels, and the little white balls bouncing along the roulette wheels twenty-four hours a day in this world without end. But no matter how hard she tries to escape her past, she's fated to be caught forever backstage in the sick glitter of the infamous Las Vegas strip with nothing but sand and neon and money, money, everywhere.
Features a new Introduction by Dean Koontz
Praise for John D. MacDonald
"The great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller."Β - Stephen King
"My favorite novelist of all time."Β - Dean Koontz
"To diggers a thousand years from now, the works of John D. MacDonald would be a treasure on the order of the tomb of Tutankhamen."Β - Kurt Vonnegut
"A master storyteller, a masterful suspense writer . . . John D. MacDonald is a shining example for all of us in the field. Talk about the best."Β - Mary Higgins Clark
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