As a notable crime novel for 2010 deliciously raunchy, with humorous takes on sexual proclivities, vegas glitz and love, though agatha christie is probably spinning in her grave. Deborah coontss most popular book is wanna get lucky. A young woman falls to her death from a helicopter whilst flying over las vegas and lucky otoole, head of customer relations at the babylon megacasino, finds herself investigating the case as the helicopter was owned by the babylon. Douglas preston, new york times bestselling author of blasphemy. Susan wiggs, number one new york times bestselling author. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Peppered with delightfully witty characters and onlyinvegas hijinks, its definitely. Every writes her off as another vegas victim, except lucky otoole.
Against a flawlesslyrendered las vegas backdrop, lucky s story is funny, fastpaced, exuberant and brilliantly realized. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Wanna get lucky is a murder mystery that is based in las vegas and our lead is a woman named lucky otoole, who is a public relations manager in a casino in vegas. A firstclass murder mystery coupled with a touching and unexpected love story. The bestselling novel from americas premier cowboy po. The characters in this book are wonderful, beginning with lucky, teddie, to lucky s assistant, miss patterson, and lucky s mother.
Written by deborah coonts, audiobook narrated by patricia santomasso. He is a regular commentator on national public radio and writes a weekly column, on the edge of common sense. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. The novel was also a double finalist for the rita award in 2011 best first book, novel with strong romantic elements. As the chief problem solver for the babylon, las vegass most overthetop destination, mischief is in her job description. Deborah coonts deborah coonts funny, romantic novelist. A young woman plunges from a las vegas sightseeing helicopter, landing in the pirates lagoon in front of the treasure island hotel in the middle of the 8. Oct 26, 2015 provided to youtube by cdbaby do you wanna get lucky.
A young woman plunges from a las vegas sightseeing helicopter. Americas favorite cowboy poet, npr commentator, and former large animal veterinarian delights readers with a riproaring tale of todays wild west, ruminating on. In the novels first sentence, one of the babylons cocktail waitresses is tossed from a helicopter and lands smack in the middle of the pirates lagoon at a nearby. Apr 01, 2017 wanna get lucky is a murder mystery that is based in las vegas and our lead is a woman named lucky otoole, who is a public relations manager in a casino in vegas. Wanna get lucky deborah coonts a young woman plunges from a las vegas sightseeing helicopter, landing in the pirates lagoon in front of the treasure island hotel in the middle of the 8. Deborah coonts hits it out of the park with her debut novel, wanna get lucky. The book is more chick lit then romance with its emphasis on the heroines ability to manage all the unprecenteded problems that come her way with humor, sarcasm and wit while wearing jimmy choos and carrying a birkin purse. Covid curbside pickup hours thurs fri sat 11am2pm lunch. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. I really enjoyed it and im really looking forward to the next one. Lucky score the lucky otoole vegas adventure series book 9 praise for wanna get lucky. The lucky otoole vegas adventure series book 1 kindle edition by coonts, deborah.
I have to start by saying that the end of this book brought tears to my eyes. Cowboys lick and cody are on a quest to qualify for the rodeo national finalsand their widely entertaining, often hilarious adventure includes a smattering of sex, violence, intrigue, and the occasional philosophical rumination. Shes filled the city with outlandish characters, and surprises. Coonts has given us the city in all its overthetop outrageousness. Many authors are offering free or discounted books during this hard time. It wasnt until 2010 that deborah coonts truly began her journey as an author, her very first book wanna get lucky. This one is a little more serious with themes of friendship, sisterhood, and family but still has some funny moments. Lucky is the chief problemsolver at a top ranked las vegas casinohotel. Deborah coonts has 29 books on goodreads with 42666 ratings. Lucky otoole series in order deborah coonts fictiondb. If you want a book with a tight plot and a story that actully goes somewhere, you might want to pass this up. As head of customer relations at babylon megacasino and resort, shes got a lot on. Get lucky is my fourth katherine center book and i am a fan of this author.
She is essentially a workaholic, spending more time there than having any kind of life, or relationships to give her own life some kind of balance. Oct 14, 2010 deborah coontss first novel, wanna get lucky. Lucky has mastered them all and has a pair of legs she uses to kick butt and turn heads. Deborah coonts has crafted a firstclass murder mystery coupled with a touching and unexpected love story. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. New york times bestselling author on wanna get luc susan wiggs. As head of customer relations at babylon megacasino and resort, shes got a lot on her plate, but she cant. But who has time for a life when theres a killer on the loose. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Lucky otoole las vegas adventures, book 1 by deborah coonts book cover, description, publication history. The book is part chicklit, part mystery, part romance and all fun.
Lucky ride the lucky otoole vegas adventure series book 8 lucky score the lucky otoole vegas adventure series book 9 praise for wanna get lucky. Its the perfect book to introduce lucky otoole, and i cant wait to read the next one, lucky stiff. Lucky otoole is wise, witty, and brimming with cheery cynicism. Read by the author, who truly understands the voice inflections of lick. She is essentially a workaholic, spending more time there than having any kind of life, or relationships to give her own life. Im not sure i decided to add snark to the lucky books, specifically to luckys own. Deborah coonts writes funny, romantic novels, that make you laugh, cry and to give you a break. When a young woman falls to her death from a las vegas sightseeing helicopter, casino fixer lucky otoole discovers that one of her own exes may be involved and finds the case further complicated by cutthroat business stakes and her relationship with a female impersonator.
But if you dont mind a slimtononexistent plot, and plenty of farcial action, you will love. Get lucky by katherine center goodreads share book. Baxter black is the author of eleven volumes of cowboy poetry and the bestselling novel hey cowboy, wanna get lucky. Almost everyone writes her off as another vegas victim. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading wanna get lucky. The lucky otoole vegas adventure series volume 1 in new york journal of books.
The complete series list for lucky otoole deborah coonts. Wanna get lucky audiobook by deborah coonts 9781944831417. It was fast paced from the very beginning and stayed that way until the end. The lucky otoole vegas adventure series book 1 ebook. Listen to wanna get lucky by deborah coonts available from rakuten kobo. About hey cowboy, wanna get lucky the bestselling novel from americas premier cowboy poet. Deborah coonts born deborah buell is an american novelist and lawyer best known for her.
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