A New York Time Notable Crime Novel and Double Rita(tm) Finalist

A little murder, a little romance, a lot of fun.

"Evanovich... with a dose of CSI." Publisher's Weekly

A young woman plunges from a Las Vegas sightseeing helicopter, landing in the Pirate Lagoon in front of the Treasure Island Hotel in the middle of the 8:30 Pirate Show. Almost everyone writes her off as another Vegas victim. But, Lucky O'Toole, head of customer relations at the Babylon mega casino, smells a rat, though she's got a lot on her plate: the adult film industry's annual awards...

Trouble always comes in threes. At least that's what Lucky O'Toole, the VP of Customer Relations for Las Vegas' primo Strip casino/hotel, the Babylon, has heard. So, tonight, when Teddie, her former lover shows up at her office unannounced and unexpected, a cadre of celebrity chefs with the maturity of teenagers arrives at the Babylon for a televised cook-off, and Lucky's current lover, Jean-Charles Bouclet stops answering his phone leaving Lucky to handle his five-year-old son, Lucky figures she has tonight's compliment of chaos covered.

As usual, she is a tad optimistic.

Lucky O'Toole--head of Customer Relations at premier megaresort the Babylon--thinks its just another night in Las Vegas. A tractor-trailer has spilled its load of millions of honeybees, blocking not only the Strip but the entrance to her hotel...The district attorney for Clark County--apparently the odd man out of a threesome on the twelfth floor--is hiding in the buff in one of the hotel's laundry rooms...And Numbers Neidermeyer--one of Las Vegas's less-than-savory oddsmakers--is throwing some major attitude at Las Vegas' ace private investigator, the beautiful Jeremy Whitlock.

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While performing his final trick at the performance marking the end of a forty-year run of one of Las Vegas' most renowned burlesque shows, magician Dimitri Fortunoff appears to have a fatal accident. Then, when his body disappears, the questions mount for Lucky O'toole, head of Customer Relations for the Babylon resort, the crown jewel of the mega-resorts dotting the Las Vegas Strip. And the timing couldn't be worse. Her live-in lover, Teddie, has morphed into a rock star and been swallowed whole by life on the road. Her mother, Mona, pregnant, petulant, and perpetually under foot is...

Lucky O'Toole, the newly promoted vice president of Customer Relations for the Babylon, Las Vegas's primo Strip property, has never met a problem she couldn't handle. But when a young woman is found dead, sprawled across the hood of a new, bright red Ferrari California in the Babylon's on-site dealership, a Jimmy Choo stiletto stuck in her carotid, Lucky's skills are maxed out.

Of course, her life is already on overload. Her mother, Mona, is pregnant, hormonal, and bored--a triple threat. A song that Teddie, Lucky's former lover, wrote for her is getting national airplay as he hits...

Christmas has Lucky O'Toole, VP of Customer Relations for the Babylon, Las Vegas's premier Strip property, in a festive mood.

Celebrations are afoot. The national media is focused on the grand opening of Lucky's lover, Jean-Charles's restaurant atop Lucky's very own slice-of-heaven hotel. Holt Box, a retired country-western singing legend has agreed to lend a hand in the kitchen, adding mega-watt celebrity buzz.

The only sour note is her former lover, Teddie, who claims Lucky's father has put an end to his return to the Las Vegas stage by handing that stage to Holt...

CRUSHED: Jacket Copy

In Napa Valley, he who has the best grapes wins.

And in the pursuit of perfection, dreams and hearts can be crushed.

Sophia Stone is a widow on the brink of an empty nest, stuck in an unsatisfying job managing the vineyard for a mediocre Napa vintner. Faced with an uncertain future she wonders how do you choose between making a living and making a life? Between protecting your heart and sharing it? Five years ago, after her husband was killed in an accident, Sophia put her heart and dreams on ice to care for those around...

LUCKY THE HARD WAY, A Lucky O'Toole Vegas Adventure

Another fun romantic mystery

As Christmases go, this one is proving a bit taxing for Lucky O'Toole, Vice President of Customer Relations for the Babylon, Las Vegas' most over-the-top Strip resort casino.

While facing a murder indictment, Teddie, Lucky's former lover, has fled to Macau hot on the heels of the man everyone thinks is the real murderer, Irv Gittings. Lucky knows that if Irv finds Teddie first, Lucky will never see him again.

Mr. Cho, a powerful figure in the Chinese underworld in Macau, is...

Fantastic Coonts combines her trademark strong characters and clever plotting with one of the freshest concepts in suspense--a heroine with early onset Alzheimer's who literally can't remember why everyone wants her dead. Buckle your seatbelt for a wild ride "

Lisa Gardner, NYT #1 bestselling crime writer and author of Find Her

A firecracker of a thriller--with an ingenious premise, non-stop suspense and terrific writing. But it's the heroine who makes this such a winner--a heart-breakingly damaged loner who's got 'soon-to-be-a-major-motion-picture' written all...

LUCKY THE HARD WAY, A Lucky O’Toole Vegas Adventure

Another fun romantic mystery!

As Christmases go, this one is proving a bit taxing for Lucky O’Toole, Vice President of Customer Relations for the Babylon, Las Vegas’ most over-the-top Strip resort casino. 

While facing a murder indictment, Teddie, Lucky’s former lover, has fled to Macau hot on the heels of the man everyone thinks is the real murderer, Irv Gittings.  Lucky knows that if Irv finds Teddie first, Lucky will never see him again.

Mr. Cho, a powerful figure in the...