Dead Money (Paperback)

Vegas never had it so bad. Foreclosures outnumber sales, secretaries are stripping part time, strippers are hooking part time, and guys are starting to have sex with their wives. Add to that the fact that Mexican drug cartels are using Sin City as an end point for money laundering and you have a place where Sam Sauria is needed. Sam, a long time CIA employee, recruits Wolfe and Daga, two contract players with whom he has worked previously. His target is El Zarilla, head of Los Zetas, a highly organized umbrella group of Mexican narco-terrorists. A China Doll call girl that comes aboard with a Cherokee friend makes for a deadly cocktail when mixed with a little Daga in the highly charged atmosphere of Vegas. Come rub shoulders and gun barrels with characters right from the front page. It's an illegal operation for Sam, no domestic work allowed by the CIA, so Congress is in the dark but the President has given his personal approval. It's time to double down with lives and chips. All taking place while the town is full of players and spectators for the World Series of Poker.