The High-Stakes Patsy

By Mark Murphy

Las Vegas, 1959. WWII veteran Joe Halliday is enjoying the good life -- running Tiki Joe's Restaurant, courting a beautiful girl, and making time with stead-fast friends -- that is, until the local mob moves in with demands for protection money. When the police are unable to help, Joe calls in a few old army friends, and together they decide to pay the mob off... in lead Tiki Joe is an Ocean's Eleven-style mystery set in Las Vegas -- part murder mystery, part hard-boiled thriller by newcomer Mark Murphy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593621248
• ISBN13: 9781593621247
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: SLG Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.4" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 13 to 16 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 11