Download or read book Drawing Dead written by Pete Hautman and published by Overamstel Uitgevers. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After losing a poker hand to a sleazy stockbroker, an ex-cop must work to pay off his debt Before cocaine, Joe Crow had a wife and a job with the Big River Police Department. Now he has neither—and he’s left behind coke, too. Sober, quiet, and reflective, his only vice is poker. One night he gets into trouble, and winds up in debt to the drug-addled slimeball Dickie Wicky. As repayment, Crow agrees to do Dickie a favor. Dickie thinks his wife, a slender young thing called Catfish, is running around on him. He wants Crow to find her lover and pay him to leave her alone. But Catfish has charms and troubles of her own, and she will draw Crow into the underbelly of Minnesota—a world of drugs, murder, and the dangerous business of counterfeit comic books. This girl is one fish that Crow should have thrown back.
Download or read book Drawing Dead written by Grant McCrea and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2009-12-08 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lawyer Rick Redman decides it is time to make a career change. Murder can do that to a guy. A beautiful woman offering a substantial cash retainer makes it seem like a good idea too. But when he loses the cash in a poker game and he ends up in Nevada, he has no choice but to try to recoup the lost money at the World Series of Poker. And when his brother-in-law turns up dead, it becomes clear the stakes are higher than he expected.
Download or read book Drawing Dead written by Andrew Vachss and published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even the deadliest gangs in Chicagoland fear the Cross Crew and carefully avoid their cinderblock bunker headquarters: Red 71 is well known as the last place you'd want to go . . . unless you’re willing to risk it being the last place you'll ever go. The Crew is notorious for its ruthless efficiency and cold-blooded cunning. Why, then, would anyone be foolhardy enough to threaten them–and even more dangerous–their loved ones? As Cross catches the scent of a far-reaching conspiracy, he realizes that it all connects to an unexplained event in his past: a massacre from which he emerged inexplicably unscathed, save for the blue mark on his face that pulses when danger is near. That scar has been throbbing more frequently of late. . . . If he's reading the signs accurately, Cross might find himself again facing a terrible menace that is not altogether human. * MEMO FROM: Captain Nathan Lancaster, Chief, Gang Surveillance Unit TO: All Precincts, Focus Near-North ALERT: Incoming Threats to Cross Crew, Situation Highly Unstable DETAILS: “Cross” and known associates clearly organizing response to perceived pattern of threats. Gang Intelligence indicates high probability of pre-emptive strikes. Report any suspicious and/or unusual activity in Badlands area immediately, gang violence alert level RED.
Download or read book Drawing Dead written by E.M. Shue and published by E.M.Shue. This book was released on 2023-12-13 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The river card has been dealt, and I’m sitting here with a losing hand. As the second in command for the Las Vegas Russian Bratva, I need to be firm, unshakable. The organization depends on me being levelheaded. But when I go head-to-head with the deadliest man in the city, all bets are off. I’ve fallen for his daughter. She is mine. When I learn she has a secret that could rock the very foundation of the Vegas underworld, I give her my name in order to protect her. I’ll defy the people I’ve come to trust. My hand is dead, but I’m not above cheating. I’d do anything for my queen. Another installment in the dark mafia romance series, Russian Cardroom is here to take your breath away.
Download or read book Drawing Dead written by Antonia Biscardi and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-02-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How far will you go to protect the one you love?Johnny is willing to traverse insurmountable boundaries, to hell and back, as long as Gia remains unharmed and happy. He loves her more than anything and the need to defend her overwhelms him more than anything else. The love they share dilutes the haunting nightmares of his earlier days.Almost all her life, Gia has felt nothing but the physical and emotional abuse from those who should have cared for her. Repeatedly bruised and forever scarred, Gia has never wanted anything in life but someone to love her truthfully. With Johnny now by her side, Gia is willing to undertake the dangers and face her fears for the love she has finally found.
Download or read book Drawing Dead A Tale of Poker and Vampires written by Scott McKenzie and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eddie Nelson is a professional poker player, testing his skills in Las Vegas at the World Series of Poker for the first time. Unfortunately, he's on the worst run of his life and can't afford his buy-in to the Main Event. Then he meets a shadowy figure called Raphael who offers to back him for a fifty-fifty split of any winnings. But if he loses, he has to play in a private tournament of Raphael's choosing... Drawing Dead is a tale of poker and vampires by Scott McKenzie, author of One Day in Gitmo Nation, Death by Autopen and Rebirth.
Download or read book The Influence of a Crucified Saviour in Drawing Dead Sinners to Himself Represented in a Sermon Etc written by Rev. John BAILLIE (of Newcastle.) and published by . This book was released on 1772 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Drawing Dead written by Andrew Vachss and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even the deadliest gangs in Chicagoland fear the Cross Crew and carefully avoid their cinderblock bunker headquarters: Red 71 is well known as the last place you'd want to go . . . unless you’re willing to risk it being the last place you'll ever go. The Crew is notorious for its ruthless efficiency and cold-blooded cunning. Why, then, would anyone be foolhardy enough to threaten them–and even more dangerous–their loved ones? As Cross catches the scent of a far-reaching conspiracy, he realizes that it all connects to an unexplained event in his past: a massacre from which he emerged inexplicably unscathed, save for the blue mark on his face that pulses when danger is near. That scar has been throbbing more frequently of late. . . . If he's reading the signs accurately, Cross might find himself again facing a terrible menace that is not altogether human. * MEMO FROM: Captain Nathan Lancaster, Chief, Gang Surveillance Unit TO: All Precincts, Focus Near-North ALERT: Incoming Threats to Cross Crew, Situation Highly Unstable DETAILS: “Cross” and known associates clearly organizing response to perceived pattern of threats. Gang Intelligence indicates high probability of pre-emptive strikes. Report any suspicious and/or unusual activity in Badlands area immediately, gang violence alert level RED.
Download or read book Drawing Dead written by Pete Hautman and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVAfter losing a poker hand to a sleazy stockbroker, an ex-cop must work to pay off his debt/divDIV Before cocaine, Joe Crow had a wife and a job with the Big River Police Department. Now he has neither—and he’s left behind coke, too. Sober, quiet, and reflective, his only vice is poker. One night he gets into trouble, and winds up in debt to the drug-addled slimeball Dickie Wicky. As repayment, Crow agrees to do Dickie a favor./divDIV /divDIVDickie thinks his wife, a slender young thing called Catfish, is running around on him. He wants Crow to find her lover and pay him to leave her alone. But Catfish has charms and troubles of her own, and she will draw Crow into the underbelly of Minnesota—a world of drugs, murder, and the dangerous business of counterfeit comic books. This girl is one fish that Crow should have thrown back./div
Download or read book Drawing Dead written by Rick Gadziola and published by ECW/ORIM. This book was released on 2006-10-04 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ex-cop gambles with his life in Las Vegas in this “fast-moving” mystery (Booklist). Jake Morgan, who left the Boston police force and wound up in Vegas thanks to his taste for games of chance, finds himself hitting it off with a beautiful high roller in her sumptuous suite. Then an assassin enters and breaks the lady’s bliss by popping two lead pills into her forehead. Before Morgan knows it, he’s not only being grilled over the murder, he’s also targeted by a femme fatale and caught in the crossfire between two groups of dirty cops. Now he’s not sure who he can trust, in this action-packed crime thriller.
Download or read book Get Shorty written by Elmore Leonard and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A Hollywood hit….Taut, inimitable prose and characters who could have only sprung from the mind of Elmore Leonard.” —Detroit News The Chicago Tribune has dubbed Elmore Leonard, “the coolest, hottest writer in America.” In the same league as the legendary great ones—John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain—the “King Daddy of crime writers” (Seattle Times) demonstrates his remarkable mastery with Get Shorty, one of the most adored of his forty-plus novels. The basis of the hit movie starring John Travolta and Danny DeVito, Get Shorty chronicles the over-the-top, sometimes violent Hollywood misadventures of a Florida mob loan shark who chases a deadbeat client all the way to Tinseltown and decides to stick around and make movies. Get Shorty’s shylock protagonist, Chili Palmer, is a truly inspired creation—as memorable as another unforgettable Leonard hero, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of the hit TV series Justified—and readers will relish his moves and countermoves in this electrifying, funny, bullet train-paced winner from “the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever!” (New York Times Book Review)
Download or read book The Day of the Dead Drawing Book written by Maddy Brook and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to create dazzling skeleton art, inspired by the Mexican 'Day of the Dead' festival. This instructional drawing book includes 16 drawing projects with hauntingly beautiful scenes and characters, including: • Traditional sugar skull designs • Dancing mariachi skeleton bands • Elaborate shrines • Famous characters from Mexican folklore • And much more! Beautifully hand-illustrated throughout, artist Maddy Brook provides clear information on materials and simple step-by-step tutorials. The techniques and projects are accessible for the absolute beginner as well as those with intermediate drawing skills.
Download or read book Powerful Profits From Poker written by Victor H Royer and published by Lyle Stuart. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn When To Hold 'Em And When To Fold 'Em. . . Poker has never been hotter, with the World Series of Poker and celebrity tournaments flooding television screens and online poker rooms drawing millions of visitors every month. While the basic rules of poker are fairly simple, learning how to win can be a challenging—and potentially expensive—experience for novice players. Updated with the latest information, this essential guide from renowned casino insider Victor H. Royer reveals what it takes to more consistently profit from real-life situations. Here you'll find practical, easy-to-apply lessons to help achieve better, more consistent results when playing at the casino, in a local tournament, online, or just in a casual Friday night game with friends: An easy-to-use odds chart for starting hands Rules and techniques for Texas Hold'Em, stud poker, Omaha Hi-Lo, and others The lowdown on low- and middle-limit cash games How to play in tournaments both small and large The ins and outs of playing online The newest poker games, including Badugi, Badacey, mixed games like H.O.R.S.E., and more! A smart player is a strong player—let Powerful Profits from Poker put you on the winning path.
Download or read book Winner s Guide to Omaha Poker written by Ken Warren and published by Cardoza Publishing. This book was released on with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a concise and easy-to-understand style, Warren shows beginning and intermediate Omaha players how to win from the first time they play. You'll learn the rules, betting and blind structure, why you should play Omaha, the advantages of Omaha over Texas Hold'em, glossary, reading the board, basic strategies, Omaha high, Omaha hi-low split 8/better, how to play draws and made hands, evaluation of starting hands, counting outs, computing pot odds, the unique characteristics of split-pot games, the best and worst Omaha hands, how to play before the flop, how to play on the flop, how to play on the turn and river, and much more.
Download or read book Poker Gaming Life written by David Sklansky and published by Two Plus Two Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of recent articles written by David Sklansky that have appeared in various publications including Card Player, Poker World and the Two Plus Two Poker Strategy Magazine. A few have never before appeared in print. Most of the articles are about poker or gambling. However, David has recently branched out into other areas that lend themselves to his unique style of analysis and some of these essays are contained in this book. From the original book, Poker and gaming topics include Being a Favorite, Are Great Players Born? Talent Versus Discipline, The Importance of Position, Never Go Broke, When Time is Not of the Essence, and Is Your Wallet Fat Enough? Life topics include What It Is that Makes an Issue Controversial, Coincidences, Some Thoughts on Dying, Legitimate Grievances, and Crime and Punishment. This expanded addition also contains 32 additional essays, many of which address no-limit hold 'em. Essays for the Expanded Edition include Pros Versu
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Download or read book Severed A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found written by Frances Larson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2014-11-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “wide-ranging and thoughtful” (Wall Street Journal) exploration of the varied obsessions that the “civilized West” has had with decapitated heads and skulls. The human head is exceptional. It accommodates four of our five senses, encases the brain, and boasts the most expressive set of muscles in the body. It is our most distinctive attribute and connects our inner selves to the outer world. Yet there is a dark side to the head’s preeminence, one that has, in the course of human history, manifested itself in everything from decapitation to headhunting. So explains anthropologist Frances Larson in this fascinating history of decapitated human heads. From the Western collectors whose demand for shrunken heads spurred massacres to Second World War soldiers who sent the remains of the Japanese home to their girlfriends, from Madame Tussaud modeling the guillotined head of Robespierre to Damien Hirst photographing decapitated heads in city morgues, from grave-robbing phrenologists to skull-obsessed scientists, Larson explores our macabre fixation with severed heads.
