Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
Release Date: September 7, 2021
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Source: Publisher
Genre: Thriller / Suspense
All bets are off as #1 New York Times
bestselling author Iris Johansen introduces gambler Logan Tanner, a man
with a secret past that’s about to come back to haunt him.
Logan
Tanner lives the exhilarating life of a professional gambler, taking
risks with nerves of steel. From casinos in Macau to Monte Carlo to
Milan, he’s racked up a fortune and become a living legend. But all the
glitz and glamor hide a dark and violent past as an extractor—a world
that comes rushing back to him when the beautiful and innocent Lara
Balkon enters his life.
Soon Logan is drawn into the conflict
between two Russian mafia bosses over Lara, whose life now hangs in the
balance. Logan has been offered something more valuable to him than
money—information he desperately needs—in exchange for getting Lara out
of Russia and to safety. Once together, Tanner discovers that Lara is a
force to be reckoned with in her own right. Tanner’s search for the
truth leads them to the bright lights of Las Vegas. Where the person who
was hunting Lara now lies in wait for them.
With the stakes
climbing with each deadly confrontation, Logan and Lara are soon
catapulted into a game against pure evil. The odds are stacked against
them, but it’s a game they know they must play…even if it may cost them
their lives.
Author Iris Johansen's High Stakes introduces readers to high stakes gambler Logan Tanner, a man with a secret past that’s about to come back to haunt him. Logan Tanner lives the exhilarating life of a professional gambler, taking risks with nerves of steel. From casinos in Macau to Monte Carlo to Milan to Las Vegas, he’s racked up a fortune and become a living legend. But all the glitz and glamor hide a dark and violent past as an extractor—a world that comes rushing back to him when the beautiful and innocent Lara Balkon enters his life.
Meanwhile in Russia, pianist Lara and her mother Maria are basically hostages to a powerful Russian mobster (Boris Volkov) and Lara's corrupt and scheming father (Anton Balkon). For years, Lara has had to participate in challenges that she wins more than she loses because she refuses to give into the satisfaction as to what would happened to her mother if she failed any challenges. In this round, Lara is told no weapons, bare hands only in order to kill her hunters and escape. But she is shocked to find out that someone (Sergei Kaskov) cares enough about her to send Logan to rescue her, and keep her safe.
Logan is dragged into the conflict between two Russian mafia bosses over
Lara, whose life now hangs in the balance. Logan has been offered
something more valuable to him than money—information he desperately
needs to find the man who means the world to him and mentored him—in exchange for getting Lara out of Russia and to safety. Once
together, Tanner discovers that Lara is a force to be reckoned with in
her own right. Lara is a beautifully balanced dagger ready to strike at the first hint of trouble.
Tanner’s search for the truth leads them to the bright
lights of Las Vegas. Tanner has a few surprises up his sleeves including someone even deadlier than he is, as well as home cooking. With the stakes climbing with each deadly
confrontation, Logan and Lara are soon catapulted into a game against
pure evil. The odds are stacked against them, but it’s a game they know
they must play…even if it may cost them their lives. But what's even more surprising is that everyone took Maria for granted until she proved she was as deadly as her daughter.
At
the end of the story, the authors mentions Eve Duncan and her family as well as Cara Delaney. I haven't read the Eve Duncan story in a long while, so I have no clue whether or not these characters were part of Duncan's series, and in what capacity. Does that mean there will be another Logan book?
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