A man in desperate circumstances steals an envelope containing instructions for a mysterious job that promises a potential fortune. He assumes a false identity and participates, only to find himself a numbered participant in an underworld Russian roulette competition. The stakes are high, but the payout is more than he can resist. His only collateral is his life, and however long his luck can hold. What will it take to be the last man standing?

Former CIA agent Jack Morgan runs Private, a renowned investigation company with branches around the globe. He already deep into the investigation of a multi-million dollar NFL gambling scandal and the unsolved slayings of 18 schoolgirls when he learns of a horrific murder close to home: his best friend's wife, Jack's former lover, has been killed.

After Scott and Kate Johansen lose their daughter's college fund, they become desperate to earn it back so she can pursue her dream of attending a university. With the help of their neighbor Frank, they decide to start an illegal casino in his house.

A novel on a casino robbery in Las Vegas carried out by a woman. She is Cassie Black, a professional thief who thought she was stealing a quarter million dollars. Instead, the loot turns out to be two million and the mob sends a killer after her.

Lawyer Penn Cage goes up against a mix of murder, racial tension, double-crosses, illicit sex...and all of the ensuing violent consequences in the kudzu-strangled, snake- rat- and armadillo-infested hole of the Devil's Punchbowl.

Recounts the story of how a notorious gang of MIT blackjack savants devised and received backing for a system for winning at the world's most sophisticated casinos, an endeavor that earned them more than three million dollars.

After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game.

At New York's hottest restaurant, things are really heating up. Owner and bookie Louis Cropa lost a friend to a mob hit and now his chef's gambling problem has brought the unwelcome mobsters into their restaurant.

Joy is dumped by her boyfriend and her friends recommend she take a vacation to Las Vegas to get him out of her mind. After Jack gets fired by his dad from the family business, he ends up in Vegas too. After a night of drinking, the two wake up the following morning to discover they have gotten married. One of them wins a $3 million jackpot--using the quarter of the other. Both want to end the marriage and keep the money. Having another idea, the...

As night falls on Macau and the neon signs that line the rain-slick streets come alive, Doyle - "Lord Doyle" to his fellow players - descends into his casino of choice to try his luck at the baccarat tables that are the anchor of his current existence. A corrupt English lawyer who has escaped prosecution by fleeing to the East, Doyle spends his nights drinking and gambling and his days sleeping off his excesses, continually haunted by his past. Taking...