The Strip: A Novel
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ISBN: 159691615X / Publisher: Bloomsbury USA, December 2008
When a local mobster attempts to extort money from his successful television show, producer Nick Conti remembers his own past dealings with the mafia, catches the attention of big bosses from Chicago and Kansas City, and becomes reacquainted with a former flame. 30,000 first printing.
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A thrilling, glamorous Las Vegas story from the former executive producer of Spelling Television. Nick Conti, producer of the successful Las Vegas T V show The $trip, is a busy man. Spending fifteen-hour days on the set and long nights drinking cocktails and cavorting with the fastest women in Vegas, he is hardly looking for extra work. But when a local mobster begins plotting to extort money from the show, Nick realizes it’s going to be a long week. The small-time blackmail operation stirs up old demons, and the big bosses in Chicago and Kansas City begin asking questions. Nick’s own Mafia history suddenly becomes relevant again—his boss, a Napoleonic figure who resembles a certain real-life T V executive, is holding it over his head. What’s more, Nick’s old flame has recently appeared on the scene, holding the arm of the mysterious Allie Saltieri, a man with Mob ties of his own. With the budget of The $trip in serious trouble and local journalists beginning to smell a story, Nick will have to rely on his guile and charm to escape with his money, his job, and his life.
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