Van Patten, host of Travel Channel's "World Poker Tour," and mystery writer Randisi team up to deliver this first novel in a new fast-paced, high-stakes poker mystery series. One of the best-loved of mystery writers weaves another tale of intrigue featuring Amelia Peabody and Radcliffe of Crocodile on the Sandbank. This time the willful and witty duo must catch a murderer at an excavation of an ancient Egyptian tomb.

Jimmy Spain is back. After the events of the first book, THE PICASSO FLOP, Jimmy and his protégé, Kat Landrigan, are competing in another World Poker Tour event in Niagara Falls. Among all the bizarre and crazy gamblers who will literally bet on anything, as well as poker players—such as a puppet, a woman who recites poetry between hands, and a Marilyn Monroe impersonator—Jimmy finds himself once again involved in a murder plot. Attempting to find a killer while concentrating on his cards ...

Jimmy Spain is back. After the events of the first book, THE PICASSO FLOP, Jimmy and his protégé, Kat Landrigan, are competing in another World Poker Tour event in Niagara Falls. Among all the bizarre and crazy gamblers who will literally bet on anything, as well as poker players—such as a puppet, a woman who recites poetry between hands, and a Marilyn Monroe impersonator—Jimmy finds himself once again involved in a murder plot. Attempting to find a killer while concentrating on his cards ...