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Nobody Dies In A Casino (Worldwide Library Mysteries)

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This was an excellent book. The humor may be too subtle for the trogs who posted before. Maybe you need Evanavich sledgehammer type schtick before you can crack a smile. I love the Charlie Green series and hope she writes another one soon.

To be very blunt, this book is dumb and disjointed. Previous books by this author are much better, especially her early novels.

This is one of the most boring books I have ever read and I sure wish I hadn't bought the second one to go with it before reading the first. It takes place around Area 51...very appropriate since I feel like I have lost my way the entire time I've been reading the book. I can usually read a book in a day or 2, but I have been on this one 2 weeks determined to give it a chance. I can't believe the front of the cover compares this to Janet Evanovich's books. What a Joke!

I agree with other reviewers who called this book disjointed. The author jumps from one scene or thought to another all on the same page. She starts talking about characters that haven't been introduced yet in a way that assumes that the reader is familiar with them. It's as if the author has attention deficit disorder, and can't follow a single train of thought for more than a few seconds. After reading a few chapters, I felt as if I was wandering around in a fog, and I admitted I wasn't enjoying the book. I skimmed through to see if it gets better - it doesn't, so I quit reading it. Why waste my time reading a book that the author can't bother to put together in a coherent manner?

This is a really boring book. Things start to jump within two pages, but all that happens is that the setting gets murkier. My growing feeling as I struggled to follow the story was, with each new twist, "So What!"
This book is about stringing together an author's notes. It's not about realistic people. Dont waste your time or your money.

Beverly Hills literary agent Charlie Greene looks forward to escaping Southern California and her pain in the butt clients and, even worse, family members. Knowing she enjoys gambling, Charlie heads to Las Vegas for a little rest and relaxation with a bit of work on the side.

However, the Strip proves anything but restful and entertaining as Charlie observes two thugs toss a third person in front of an on-rushing car. Ignoring her eye witness report, the police rule that a tragic accident occurred. Only Officer Graden believes her, but coincidentally he dies a few pages later in another accident. Not trusting the local law enforcement authorities to seek out the truth, Charlie begins her own investigation into the two murders. Of course, Charlie's thinking process seems to function more like a hard drive error. This places herself in danger from an assortment of eccentrics, goons, and allegedly legitimate business moguls.

The Charlie Greene amateur sleuth tales are some of the zaniest, weirdest, and funniest amateur sleuth novels available today. In her latest appearance, NOBODY DIES IN A CASINO, Charlie remains the focus of her nutty clients and even flakier family. Though the story line reflects Charlie's thought process by wandering all over the place, fans of jocular amateur sleuth tales will take immense pleasure from the novel. As is usual in a Marlys Millhiser mystery, the eccentric characters with their strange relationships, especially to Charlie, make for a terrific tale.

Harriet Klausner

I should have put this book down after the first chapter. I found the writing both boring, disjointed and hard to follow. Frequently, throughout the book I found myself flipping back trying to figure out what in the world was going on and how we got from one place, one topic to another. I also never cared about the characters. I thought I would enjoy reading about a mystery that takes place in Las Vegas because I have family there and am familiar with the strip but that didn't help at all. The locale may be the reason I decided to suffer through it instead of putting it down.