Lucky at Cards, Lawrence Block
Lucky at Cards, Lawrence Block
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Lucky at Cards

Author: Lawrence Block

Narrator: Alan Sklar

Unabridged: 5 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2007

Synopsis

At cards and with women, Bill Maynard knew how to cheat …On the mend after getting run out of Chicago, professional cardsharp Bill Maynard is hungry for some action … but not nearly as hungry as Joyce Rogers, the tantalizing wife of Bill’s latest mark. Together they hatch an ingenious scheme to get rid of her husband. But in life as in poker, the other player sometimes has an ace up his sleeve.This classic pulp novel was originally released in 1964 as The Sex Shuffle under the pen name Sheldon Lord.

About Lawrence Block

Lawrence Block is the recipient of a Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and a New York Times bestselling author. His prolific career spans over one hundred books, including four bestselling series and dozens of short stories and articles. He has won multiple Edgar, and Shamus awards, two Falcon Awards from the Maltese Falcon Society of Japan, the Nero and Philip Marlowe Awards, the Cartier Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers Association of America, and many others. Aside from being a mystery writer, he has also written a number of episodes for television, including two episodes of the ESPN series Tilt; he also cowrote the screenplay for the film My Blueberry Nights, starring Norah Jones. Block currently lives in New York City with his wife, Lynne.

About Alan Sklar

Alan Sklar, a graduate of Dartmouth, has excelled in his career as a freelance voice actor. Named a Best Voice of 2009 by AudioFile magazine, his work has earned him several Earphones Awards, a Booklist Editors’ Choice Award (twice), a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award, and Audiobook of the Year by ForeWord magazine. He has also narrated thousands of corporate videos for clients such as NASA, Sikorsky Aircraft, IBM, Dannon, Pfizer, AT&T, and SONY.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Charles

Bill Maynard was a stage magician playing cut-rate, third class hotels and resorts, occasional kids' parties, even strip joints. No money and few prospects, he is recruited to become a mechanic, a card sharp, a cheat. He is very good at it and makes good money. This novel begins as his life begins to......more

Goodreads review by Cathy

Fifty years old, that's how old this book is. And Lawrence Block is still pumping them out and marketing like a madman. I love this pulpy cover however it was an audio that I listened to and it couldn't have been any better had I read it. Great storyline, great characterization, great cover, great t......more

Goodreads review by Dave

Lucky at Cards is a pulpy noir story that is part of the Hard Case Crime series I just discovered re-releasing a lot of stand-alone books by classic mystery writers such as Ed McBain, Donald Westlake, Mickey Spillane and others. I am also simultaneously listening to two LOOONG books, Emma by Jane Au......more

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