Gates used to be one of the good guys at the LVPD; now he's a seedy Vegas PI who's as heartless as a tin man-and proud of it. He has a psychic gift for poker, but it costs him a day of his life each time he uses it. Still, he plans to risk it all for one last big score at the Las Vegas Grand Poker Tournament. All he needs is cash for the buy-in.
Enter Sunny Bunny: a Kansas girl chasing a Vegas dream. She also has a deadly gift: men fall in love with her... then they die. On the run from her unstable husband, she hires Gates to find her missing friend. Gates knows she's trouble-but takes the case anyway.
The job plunges Gates and Sunny into the depths of the Vegas underworld-a twisted journey that pulls them closer together. They meet Matsu, a ruthless tycoon who thinks he's as powerful as Oz himself. He even has a great white shark in his living room. Matsu demands Gates use his psychic ability to find a legendary ceramic carp rumored to grant wishes-or Sunny will get fed to the shark.
Dark fairy tale or a bad dream? Gates can't tell. But to escape Vegas, he must make the ultimate gamble: chase the carp to save Sunny... or play the tournament and leave her to face Matsu alone.
Vegas Sushi is a twisted Vegas fairy tale-mixing urban fantasy, adventure, and dark comedy. Think Pulp Fiction meets The Wizard of Oz.