Pete Hautman, The Prop
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Pete Hautman, The Prop
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The Prop Pete Hautman Simon & Schuster,
The Prop
Pete Hautman
Simon & Schuster, Apr 2006, $14.00, 320 pp.
ISBN 0743284658
In Arizona, fortyish widow Peeky Kane works as one of three props at the Casino Santa Cruz owned by a Native American tribe. As a prop, Peeky fills in at poker tables where there are not enough players. She is paid for an eight hour shift, but wins or losses at the tables are personal income. Because she is a good money manager, especially at the tables, Peeky has saved some, but also finds much of her profit goes towards her troubled twenty-one year old daughter Jaymie.
However, Peeky's life takes a nasty turn when crooked dealers at the casino begin stealing money and she unwittingly becomes involved in the scheme. Things spin even further out of control when clowns rob the casino of millions and leave four dead; Peeky thinks her boyfriend Buddy may be one of the jokers who robbed and killed. While she finds herself drafted by Hector Vega, "founder" of the Santa Cruz tribe, to help him save the casino and subsequently the tribe, Peeky also wonders how to save crack addicted Jaymie.
THE PROP is an exciting amateur sleuth whodunit starring a fabulous heroine whose life goes from calm to chaos in seemingly a nanosecond. The storyline is action packed, but the real fun besides a delightful investigation, resides in the casino where bluffing had meant winning or losing a hand, but has new meaning with ones life at stake. Pete Hautman coolly antes up a strong thriller that pulls an inside straight fun look at poker mania.
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