Marlow: Win, Lose, or Die: Marlow

By Bill Craig

In Key West, the nights are hot, the drinks are cold, and the stakes are always higher than they look.
When a high-stakes underground poker game is ripped off by masked gunmen, private investigator Rick Marlow is pulled into a job that comes with one rule-no police. The man behind the game has too much to lose, and everything to hide. He wants his money back. Quietly.
Marlow knows the kind of people who play in games like that. Desperate men. Dangerous men. The kind who don't forgive-and don't forget. But as he starts digging through the neon-lit bars, back-alley card rooms, and sun-bleached secrets of Key West, he realizes this wasn't just a robbery.
It was a message.
Then the crew hits another game.
This time, someone doesn't walk away.
A player ends up dead, and suddenly Marlow isn't just chasing thieves-he's hunting killers who are getting bolder, faster, and far more ruthless. The deeper he goes, the more the lines blur between victim and suspect, and the more he realizes the games being played aren't just at the card table.
Everyone is bluffing. Everyone has something to hide.
And someone is willing to kill to keep it that way.
With time running out and bodies starting to drop, Marlow must stay one step ahead of a crew that never plays fair. Because in Key West, the house doesn't always win...
Sometimes, nobody does.
And in this game, you don't just lose your money.
You lose everything.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HN2SYZ26
• ISBN13: 9798162527053
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"