Divas Las Vegas [Paperback]

Rob Rosen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 3, 2009

What happens when you find out that Grandma's vase mistakenly sold at a yard sale is worth tens of thousands of dollars—and somebody else is about to cash in on it on Antiques Roadshow? Of course, you hop on a plane with your best friend and race off to Las Vegas to get Grandma's vase back! Filled with action and suspense, hunky blackjack dealers, divine drag queens, strange sex, and sex in strange places, plus a Federal agent or two, Divas Las Vegas puts the sin in Sin City. A fun, new take on the murder mystery genre, Rob Rosen's Divas Las Vegas is a hilarious, touching, and compulsively readable page turner!

Editorial Reviews

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“Rob Rosen’s Divas Las Vegas is an over-the-top roller coaster ride, full of bitchy humor, cops and robbers, and fabulous costumes. Laid-off bookseller Em and his best buddy Justin set off on an epic quest into the Nevada desert in search of a truly ugly vase, a family heirloom sold at a garage sale that has been spotted on an episode of Antiques Roadshow. Along the way, they have a lot of great sex, help the FBI nab a bunch of dangerous felons, and maybe, just maybe, find true love.”
-- Neil Plakcy, author of Surfer Boys, Mahu, and Mahu Vice

“Rob Rosen rules! Divas Las Vegas is page after page of fabulous fun. It’s like Some Like It Hot, but with even more drag and glitz - a whodunit, with a very sexy dose of who-done-who. You’ll be glad that what happens in Vegas did not stay in Vegas this time. I loved it!”
-- Kemble Scott, author of the bestselling novels SoMa and The Sower

“Vegas baby Vegas! Sex Romps, Dealers, Hot Boys, Secret Agents and some Fierce No Nonsense Drag Queens set the stage after a priceless vase (pronounced VAZ-- silly discount queens - cuz it's worth a lot of dough) is lost and must be recovered at all costs. Move over David Caruso - GaySI is on the case. No matter who they have to sleep with. A Gay Day at Disney thrill ride from start to finish.”
-- ANT, Stand-Up Comic/Actor/TV Personality extraordinaire

“Rosen's cheerfully cheeky romp through the boys and beds of Las Vegas
can be summed up in just three words: fierce sexy slapstick.”
-- Richard Labonte, author of Daddies and Best Gay Erotica

“What could be more fun than a trip to Las Vegas with your gay best friend? Justin and Em go to search for an antique heirloom vase, but take plenty of wacky detours on their way to find it. Rob Rosen’s Divas Las Vegas is a thrill ride of classic camp comedy that gets even crazier when “real girl” friend Glenda comes down from San Francisco to join the guys. From time to time Rosen lets Em talk directly to the reader, giving us a travelogue of sex in high- (and low-) end resort casinos. Throw a Patsy Cline impersonator into the mix with all the murder, thievery and mayhem and you have so many outlandish situations that it makes me wish I’d written this book myself.”
-- Mark Abramson, author of the Beach Reading series

“I’ve been enjoying Rob Rosen’s work for years and now I’m outing myself, because in
his new novel he pulls it all together. Divas Las Vegas has charm, fun, sparkle, wit, memorable characters, a not to miss gay tour guide of Sin City, and a pretty good mystery story. Oh, I forgot. There’s Jimmy Choo shoes, too!”
-- Felice Picano, author of The Book of Lies

About the Author

ROB ROSEN is the author of Sparkle: The Queerest Book You'll Ever Love and has contributed to over sixty anthologies including Cleis Press's Truckers, Best Gay Romance, Best Gay Romance 2008, Best Gay Romance 2009, Best Gay Erotica 2009, Hard Hats, Backdraft, Surfer Boys, and Bears. His erotica is often found in MEN and Freshmen magazines. He has a popular website, therobrosen.com, and resides in San Francisco with his husband, Kenny.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Cleis Press (November 3, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573443697
• ISBN-13: 978-1573443692
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,025,551 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Rob Rosen is the author of the critically acclaimed novels, "Sparkle: The Queerest Book You'll Ever Love", the Lambda Literary Award Nominated "Divas Las Vegas", winner of the 2010 TLA Gaybies for Best Gay Fiction, "Hot Lava", and "Southern Fried". His short stories have appeared in more than 150 anthologies. You can find 20 of them in his erotic romance anthology, "Good & Hot". Please visit him at www.therobrosen.com

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars breezy bit of fun, January 26, 2010

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Scott Jeune (kerhonkson, ny) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Divas Las Vegas (Paperback)

This book is the type that the world needs right now- a bit of frivolity with a hidden gay travelogue of Vegas contained inside. Rosen creates two likeable, if not a little chemically indulgent characters, who get in a murderous set of exploits while trying to reclaim a vase in Las Vegas. It very mushc hearkens back to the old caper films of the 80s. This should have come with the old Touchstone Pictures logo in the cover. Highly recommended for those who are experiencing the midwinter doldrums. Enjoy it and pass it on!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hysterically funny romp with two "party boys" in Las Vegas!, October 26, 2009

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Bob Lind "camelwest" (Phoenix, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Divas Las Vegas (Paperback)

Bill (aka "Em", as in "Auntie ...") and Justin are two 20-something gay best friends from San Francisco, who descend into the craziness of COMDEX-week in Las Vegas, supposedly on a mission to locate the valuable vase that had belonged to Em's mother, but was shown appraised on an episode of "Antique Roadshow" taped in that city. Of course, with Justin along, the focus soon shifts to men, drinking, men, gambling, men, partying and men, and Em knows Jason well enough to hold on and enjoy the resulting insanity. The duo (along with their friend Glenda, whom they invite along for the fun) have madcap adventures with Jason's boyhood ex-lover, a Patsy Cline imitator, a lecherous motel owner, double dating possible murderers while in drag, and find themselves helping to solve an FBI investigation into organized crime.

Although the author has had over sixty short stories published in various anthologies, this is just his second novel, after 2001's "Sparkle," which was a delightful, witty and original romp. "Divas Las Vegas" is in the same vein, and likely even better, keeping the reader rolling with laughter as our campy duo gets into one imaginative situation after another. This is almost two books in one, as the author also gives some rather spot-on advice about places to see (and places to avoid) in Las Vegas. Secrets may be welcome to stay in Las Vegas, but clearly many of its residents were happy to see Em and Jason go back home to San Francisco! A rollicking, roller coaster of a read, sure to keep you smiling. Five stars out of five, on your fun reading slot machine!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Funny, fun and engaging, March 10, 2010

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John Capps (Gastonia, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Divas Las Vegas (Paperback)

Funny mystery novel of two party boys going after a vase from "Antiques Roadshow" and in process getting into all sorts of problems. Very easy to read, despite some improbable turns in the plot. They won't bother you because you'll be laughing yourself into blissful suspension of disbelief. There are some very sexy parts as well. Book should be of interest to lovers of mysteries or gay fiction.