Wanna Get Lucky?

by Deborah Coonts

Book Overview

A young woman plunges from a Las Vegas sightseeing helicopter, landing in the Pirate's lagoon in front of the Treasure Island Hotel in the middle of the 8:30 Pirate Show. Almost everyone writes her off as another Vegas victim. But Lucky O'Toole smells a rat. She's head of Customer Relations at The Babylon, the newest, most opulent mega-casino and resort on the Strip, so she's got a lot on her plate: the Adult Film industry's annual awards banquet,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765325438
• ISBN13: 9780765325433
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Forge
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.6" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Funny and clever plot with tough but fair protagonist

I loved this book. Can't wait for the next Lucky O'Toole book. This book was funny, had a fast moving plot which was suspenseful and clever. Lucky O'Toole is tough and can handle anything.

FUN READ ABOUT VEGAS

SHOWCASES THE IN'S & OUT'S OF ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY WITH A LIGHTHEARTED VIEW. IT IS FAST PACED, EASY TO READ, & DEFINNITLY ENTERTAINING

Oh Yesss!

I watched Deborah write this book, and when she gave me chapters to read, was blown away. She wrote two other manuscript novels, went to innumerable critique sessions with her writing pals, and yet, when she sat down to write of Vegas and Lucky, something extraordinary happened. Something unique. Deborah became Lucky and Lucky became Deborah, and the wonder and magic of Las Vegas came alive on Deb's pages. WANNA GET LUCKY? is the Vegas we hope to find when we go for a weekend or a week. It's a break from our work-a-day lives, a world a little bit naughty, funny and adventurous. Deb has found the heart and soul of Las Vegas and put it on the page. Deb has already written the second and third Lucky tales, which I have read, and believe me, they are as terrific as this first novel is. You owe it to yourself to buy, borrow or steal a copy of WANNA GET LUCKY? and meet the hippest, coolest lady in town, Lucky O'Toole (Deborah Coonts in mufti).

Best Caper Novel Since Cannell's King Con

Wanna Get Lucky? Believe me, you will, if you make time to read Deborah Coonts' debut novel, Wanna Get Lucky? It's the sexiest, funniest, caper novel I've read in years; one of the best books I've read this year. Move over Stephanie Plum. Lucky O'Toole is sexy, sarcastic, and she has a brain. And, she's also having a really bad day. As head of Customer Relations for the Babylon, "an over-the-top mega casino/resort on the Las Vegas strip," she's head troubleshooter. So, when Lyda Sue Stalnaker is on the news, plunging to her death out of the Babylon's helicopter, right into the Pirate's Lagoon in front of the Treasure Island Hotel, Lucky knows her day isn't going to go well. But, it's never just one incident at a time in the casino business. It's a naked man sleeping under a stairwell, the man with a snake in his room, and the regular guest who wrecked one of the hotel's Ferrari. That's just a normal day for Lucky. And, a normal week brings the Adult Film industry's annual banquet at the same time the Trendmakers, a spouse-swapping group is in town for their convention. But, it isn't so normal when she has to check up on the sexy new security guard with the Texas accent. Something about him seems just a little off. And, the Big Boss' reaction to the helicopter incident seems odd. Lucky O'Toole's instincts for trouble are usually quick. So, why didn't she see it coming when her best friend, Teddie, Las Vegas' star female impersonator, wants more than just friendship? This could be much more than one troubleshooter can handle on her own. It's a good thing Lucky has an interesting group of friends. Coonts' Lucky O'Toole is a star. She's smart, sarcastic, and uses her sarcasm as a defense mechanism. And, her talent for sexual innuendo is unbeatable. She's loyal to the Babylon and its staff. She would be a wonderful friend, and dangerous enemy. The characters in this book are wonderful, beginning with Lucky, Teddie, to Lucky's assistant, Miss Patterson, and Lucky's mother. And, then there's Las Vegas itself. Coonts has given us the city in all its over-the-top outrageousness. She's filled the city with outlandish characters, and surprises. Wanna Get Lucky? is the perfect book for the city. It's the perfect book to introduce Lucky O'Toole, and I can't wait to read the next one, Lucky Stiff. Lucky's troubles will be our pleasure, I'm sure.

terrific tongue in cheek investigative tale

In Las Vegas, Lyda Sue Stalnaker left this world with a big final act when she fell from a helicopter into the pirate's lagoon in front of the Treasure Island Hotel; her plunge superseded the in progress 8:30 show. The police investigate and assume another dead sore loser. However on her way to a troublemaking incident, Babylon Head of Customer Relations Lucky O'Toole is stunned when she sees Lyda Sue making the news. They briefly talked last night so she has a difficult time accepting the woman committed suicide. Lucky decides to make some inquires starting with Willie the Weasel who flew the aircraft and goes even deeper when her former flame Irv Gittings the rat was involved. Although The Big Boss reminds her she needs to focus on the conventions hosted at the Babylon with sexual predators assaulting the adult film annual awards gala, the spouse-swapping swingers, and the computer crowd, Lucky believes Lyda Sue was pushed. This terrific tongue in cheek investigative tale lampoons the Vegas glitch. Fast-paced Lucky works her inquiry while trying to keep the lewd, the naked, and the nude from attacking the conventioneers with "sales". Wanna get Lucky? is a delightful amateur sleuth starring a troubleshooting woman who lands in the middle of trouble as her top adviser is her mom the brothel owner. Harriet Klausner