 HIGH
STEAKS
By Rob Loughran
Winner of the Mystery Novel
Award. Davis O'Kane thought his fall from grace had
reached its lowest point, with an impending divorce
and a custody battle for his twin daughters, but then
he finds a dead body in his restaurant, and his world
sinks as deep as a Uranium pit in the high desert
of Nightingale, Nevada. Nightingale is a place where
high stakes gamblers and rednecks belly up to the
bar with high-priced hookers and federal agents. High
Steaks propels the reader into the realm of
crooked horse racing, cheating the roulette wheel,
and murder as hot as a Nevada summer, set against
a backdrop of the town's first contested mayoral race
in decades. Follow Davis as he unravels the murder
and pulls himself up from the brink of despair.
Rob
Loughran has always worked in restaurants, and he
draws from this background to write High Steaks,
winner of the fourth annual Mystery Novel Award. He
has eight grown children and lives with his wife in
Sonoma County, California. High Steaks
is his first novel.
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"This
first novel offers nonstop entertainment, peppy prose,
and crafty complications. For most collections."—Library
Journal
"High
Steaks is a mystery packed with many subplots
all leading to the same conclusion. Throughout the
story, the drifty but celestial writings of the deceased
Wanda Marie provide insight and depth to a well conceived
plot. A good read.—Midwest Book Review
"...a
great read...I had a hard time putting it down. The
laughs are smart and remind me of reading some good
Vonnegut lines. Smartly thought, smartly written.
All good."—David Klein, Director of Photography,
Clerks, Chasing Amy, Mallrats, and Dogma
"Rob
Loughran captures the vitality of running better than
any novelist I have read."—Jeff Galloway,
former U.S. Olympian and author of Galloway's Book
on Running
"A
fast moving plot, a complex cast and unexpected conclusion
make this an excellent first novel. Welcome Rob Loughran
and thanks for a galloping good read."—Gerald
Haslam, award-winning author of Straight White
Male
"High
Steaks is smartass, erudite and intriguing.
The characters have surprising backgrounds that serve
as social commentary, somewhat in the Spenser
for Hire mode. Among the principals there's
betrayal, alcoholism, gambling addiction, skimming,
blackmail and cynicism. But there's love, compassion,
fundraising for a worthy cause, an idealistic election,
and enigmatic letters that keep popping up. This book
has what literature should have: a privileged peek
into the soul."—Harry Stoll, editor of Vine
Times
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