Bookreporter. Com“wow, what a discovery. Deadly pleasures magazine review by george easteri’ve been a big fan of this series since its inceptionwith GRIFT SENSE. Swain is one of the best writers I’ve come across. Michael connelly “This series has got to be one of the finds of the decade. Kirkus Reviews.
Valentine goes to nevada to bring Bronco to justice, while also helping the police figure out how someone is stealing hundreds of slot machine jackpots without ever touching the machines. I’d say that it’salmost worth buying a Kindle to read them, but I’ll let youmake that decision. And tony valentineand his crew are among my favorite characters incrime fiction.
It’s a case that only Valentine with his amazing “grift sense” can solve. His novels have been translated into french, Japanese and German, Russian, and have been chosen as mysteries of the year by Publisher’s Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. About the authorjames swain is the author of fourteen nationally bestselling mystery novels.
Wild Card Tony Valentine Series Book 8
Wild card by james swain rating: a this novel takesus back to Tony Valentine’s early days as a policeman inAtlantic City, New Jersey and how he came to be an experton gambling scams and crime. Praise for the tony valentine series“top class suspense. Only one man can clean up the little city by the shore, Detective Tony Valentine.
With the mob breathing down his throat and a sadistic killer stalking him, and risk his career, Valentine will put his own life in peril, to insure that justice prevails. It’s a shame that this and jackpot areonly available on the Kindle or on an IPad with a freeKindle app – which is how I read them.
Must reads for me, and one of my favorite series. Lee child“in this series, the main character is a big winner. Janet maslin, the writing nimble, The New York Times“The momentum is great, the action intricate. Los angeles times book Review“Swain has hit on a winning combination.
Deadman's Bluff: A Novel Tony Valentine Series Book 7
Janet maslin, the new york times“bask in Swain’s Las Vegas without having to set foot in the place and risk being skinned alive. The washington post book worlda blind poker player named Skip DeMarco is scamming the world’s largest poker tournament in Las Vegas, and cheating-expert Tony Valentine and his son, Gerry, have been hired to find out how.
Demarco is tied to some dangerously desperate characters who will go to extremes–even cold-blooded murder–to ensure that the obnoxious DeMarco wins big. While gerry flies to atlantic city to suss out demarco’s secret, Valentine stays in Vegas and teams up with an aging grifter named Rufus Steele, who has his own score to settle with DeMarco.
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Deadman's Poker: A Novel Tony Valentine Series Book 6
But though tony has never met a scam he couldn’t crack, Gerry, his son and partner, has just walked into one with a body count. What started with a conman’s deathbed confession turns into a deadly Las Vegas grudge match during the world’s biggest poker tournament. Tony’s been hired to save the tournament and stop a blind player who’s out to heist it, while Gerry’s just trying to stay alive–now that murder is in the cards.
Featuring insider tips for catching poker cheats, as well as a glossary of card hustler terms! .
Mr. Lucky: A Novel of High Stakes Tony Valentine Series Book 5
But when “Mr. Tony knows that goofy, loudmouthed Ricky Smith–or anyone else, for that matter–couldn’t possibly be that fortunate. Now, the ricky smith case has lured Gerry through the gates of temptation and into a murderous confrontation with the Dixie Mafia. Tony valentine made his living and his name as a cop in Atlantic City–and is now known worldwide for his ability to spot the kinds of scams, grifts, and rip-offs that cost casinos billions every year.
Lucky” returns home to the little town of Slippery Rock, North Carolina, he keeps on winning everything from a horse race to a $50, 000 lottery. Hired by a desperate casino, tony starts to pry into Ricky’s past, his friends, and the strange little town that is benefiting from Ricky’s fame and fortune.
. Unfortunately for tony, his cover is blown when he is forced to reveal a trick he has up his own sleeve: a pocket Glock he can shoot with laser-like precision. Ricky didn’t just win at one slot machine or table game. A man with a biting wit who drives a ’92 Honda, Tony is low-profile, old-school, and has seen it all–until he meets the luckiest man on earth.
Loaded Dice Tony Valentine Series Book 4
Upping the ante, a dead stripper is found with Valentine’s calling card—and her grief-stricken boyfriend is vowing revenge. Yet in a city where barracudas wear pinstripes, time seems motionless even while it flies, and reality and illusion shift depending on the neon light, a greater threat maneuvers through the streets: an all-new breed of criminal with an agenda propelled by fury that will shake not just Valentine, but the city of Las Vegas.
Once in town, he is pressed into service—and lands inside a treacherous game with higher stakes than he has ever encountered before. There’s a new casino in town, aptly named Sin, the largest on The Strip: three thousand guest rooms and a gambling floor as big as an airport terminal. Nick taps tony to figure out how an amateur won $50, 000 at his blackjack tables.
What’s more, valentine’s son is still M. I. A. The owners of sin want Valentine to show them how the scams are done.
Sucker Bet Tony Valentine Series Book 3
A blackjack dealer has rigged a game, dealt a player eighty-four winning hands in a row, and then disappeared. But the missing dealer is part of an even bigger, far deadlier scheme. It appears they have a con going down involving a cocky, filthy-rich Brit and his millions of dollars. Valentine’s challenge: to figure out how all the pieces of the seamy puzzle fit together.
A hardened ex-cop, tony valentine now nabs hustlers who rob casinos, and the Micanopy Indian Reservation Casino in South Florida desperately needs his expertise.
Funny Money Tony Valentine Series Book 2
When last we saw tony valentine -- former cop, lifelong misanthrope, and legendary catcher of casino cheats -- he was just coming up for air after a close brush with the afterlife in his first outing, the acclaimed Grift Sense. But standing between valentine and his goal is a head-spinning assortment of ruthless gangsters, crooked croupiers, eccentric millionaires, and Croatians with bad haircuts.
This time around, it's personal. His only ally: an irresistibly enigmatic female wrestler. With diamond-hard prose, triple-crossing plot twists, and a deliciously noir-inflected atmosphere, Funny Money finds James Swain more than living up to his promise as a razor-sharp storyteller with unlimited surprises up his sleeve.
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Grift Sense Tony Valentine Series Book 1
38 for best American Crime Fiction. The new york times review of bookshave you heard the one about the canny granny who won a pot of money by card-counting on her rosary beads? how about the mother-and-son team whose method of palming cards at the blackjack table was ''pure poetry''? And what about the sweet techniques of guys like Jake the Snake and Larry the Lightbulb? James Swain, uses the crooked play of these inspired cheats to pull us into GRIFT SENSE, who came to his expertise on gambling hustles by way of his skills as a sleight-of-hand magician, a flashy, funny novel about a cool scam to break the bank at a Las Vegas casino.
I can feel when a hustle's going down, who tests his instinct against his database of some 5, '' says Tony, even if I don't know exactly what it is, 000 known hustlers and comes up with the profile of a dead man. A thoroughly winning book. The wall street Journal “Ingenious entertainment. The new york times book Review“Swain’s mysteries are a sure bet.
The chicago tribune "This series has got to be one of the finds of the decade. Kirkus Reviews.
The Program Jack Carpenter series Book 4
The new york times book review“The only problem with Swain’s riveting thrillers is they end. Tess gerritsen, “Immensely satisfying. His novels have been translated into russian, and German, Japanese, French, and have been chosen as mysteries of the year by Publisher’s Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. The program product descriptionfrom the national bestselling mystery novelist the Wall Street Journal calls “One terrific writer” comes a heart-pounding thriller pitting a deadly serial killer against two determined FBI agents.
About the authorjames swain is the author of fourteen national bestselling mystery novels. A serial killer has kidnaped seventeen-year-old Wayne Ladd, and is putting the boy through the Program, a fiendish project designed to turn young boys into raging killers. Along with hot-headed fbi agent rachel Vick, Linderman must race against the clock to save Wayne before he’s turned into a monster.
With the odds against them and time running out, Linderman and Vick will stop at nothing to save Wayne, and bring a sadistic criminal to justice.
The Night Monster: A Novel of Suspense Jack Carpenter series Book 3
. As a young cop he failed to stop the kidnapping of a college coed by a shockingly large assailant—and neither victim nor attacker was ever seen again. With the assistance of the kidnap victim’s tycoon father and precious little time before the trail goes cold, Buster, Jack and his dog, hit the ground running—following a twisted trail from the ruins of a shuttered mental asylum with an infamous past to the streets of a sinister small town with a ghastly secret.
The past has come back to haunt P. I.