High Stakes
Written by John Lutz
Narrated by Stacy Keach
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
Ernie, a down-on-his-luck gambler who owes the wrong people $1,000, is visited by two enforcers. To escape them, he climbs out onto a narrow building ledge, where he is unseen by the people far below. His only hope of survival lies in his imaginative way with a deck of cards.
John Lutz
For over forty years, John Lutz (b. 1939) has been one of the premier voices in contemporary hard-boiled fiction, producing dozens of novels and over 250 short stories. His earliest success came with the Alo Nudger series, set in his hometown of St. Louis. Tropical Heat introduced Fred Carver, a Florida detective whom Lutz followed in ten novels. More recently, he has produced five books in the Frank Quinn serial killer series. Lutz is a former president of the Mystery Writers of America, and his many honors include lifetime achievement awards from the Short Mystery Fiction Society and the Private Eye Writers of America. He lives in St. Louis.
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Reviews for High Stakes
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is well worth the time it takes to listen to it. Lutz writes a good mystery/thriller short story & Mike Hammer Stacy Keach does a great job reading them. I listened to another by this pair & it was even better. Can't wait to get to the next.