On the trail of a couple of missing alpacas, disaster-prone Tom Winscombe has somehow ended up at an online gambling convention in Las Vegas.

With the assistance of his mysterious new companion Ada, his quest takes on a dangerous turn as he finds that this time he has some hungry wildlife to contend with, as well as a cast of disreputable and downright dangerous human characters.

As the stakes get higher and his chances of survival drop lower, Tom finds the only solution may be to forge an unexpected alliance with someone from his past. Will he end up with a winning hand, or will everything fall apart like a house of cards?

A witty, fast-paced thriller set in Las Vegas, with a dash of mathematics and a large dose of danger.

About the Author

Jonathan Pinnock is the author of the novel Mrs Darcy Versus the Aliens (Proxima, 2011), the short story collections Dot Dash (Salt, 2012) and Dip Flash (Cultured Llama, 2018), the bio-historico-musicological-memoir thing Take It Cool (Two Ravens Press, 2014) and the poetry collection Love and Loss and Other Important Stuff (Silhouette Press, 2017). He was born in Bedford and studied Mathematics at Clare College, Cambridge, before going on to pursue a moderately successful career in software development. He also has an MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University. He is married with two slightly grown-up children and now lives in Somerset, where he should have moved to a long time ago.

Reviews

Praise for Jonathan Pinnock:

'Lovely stuff' Ian Rankin

'A series of humorous, riotous mathematical mysteries' David Nicholls

'He makes funny and self-deprecating company' The Herald

'Jonathan Pinnock writes compelling tales with a deliciously wicked glint in his eye' Ian Skillicorn, National Short Story Week

'Jonathan Pinnock is Roald Dahl's natural successor' Vanessa Gebbie

'Funny, clever, and sometimes brilliantly daft. A comedy that I am sure would have made Pythagoras, Archimedes and Douglas Adams all laugh out loud' Scott Pack on The Truth About Archie and Pye

Book Information
ISBN 9781788424295
Author Jonathan Pinnock
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Farrago
Publisher Duckworth Books