MR. LUCKY

When Ricky Smith jumps from the window of a burning Las Vegas hotel, landing safely in the swimming pool, he begins a seemingly impossible winning streak. It’s up to anti-cheating consultant Tony Valentine and his team of Grift Sense to determine if Smith is truly having a run of luck, or something else. Tony Roberts does a royal flush of a job matching the author’s style with a wry and likable tone that echoes the works of John D. MacDonald as he narrates the exploits of Valentine’s team crossing the country, dodging bullets, fists, and stray cars in order to solve one of the grandest scams in the history of cheating. S.E.S. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine [Published: AUG/SEP 05]