I bought a bunch of the Hard Case Crime books when they first started coming out (2007? 2008? somewhere in there). I've read some, but not most, and the other night I wanted something to take to bed that wasn't a huge nonfiction book (like everything I currently have checked out from the library) so I dug into my shelves and came up with "No House Limit" by Steve Fisher. Set in Las Vegas in the 1950s (God, I wish I could have seen it back then!), Joe Martin is the biggest independent casino operator on the Strip. The Syndicate's been trying to chip away at him for awhile, but thanks to a great security team who has his back, Joe has managed to thwart them at every turn. Then one night Bello shows up. He's a professional dice man with big money behind him, and he spends three days winning millions off Joe. It was really great, I enjoyed it. I would love to read more books by him, but it looks like they're hard to find. That's a shame.
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