Hit Me! Fighting the Las Vegas Mob by the Numbers

Name: Hit Me! Fighting the Las Vegas Mob by the Numbers
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ISBN: 9780762780723

ISBN-10: 076278072X

ISBN-13: 9780762780723

Edition: 2013

Authors: Danielle Gomes, Jay Bonansinga

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Las Vegas, 1970s—a golden age of Glitter Gulch corruption. Dennis Gomes--the youngest division chief in Gaming Control Board history--whipped a ragtag group of auditors into hardened, gun-slinging investigators, and shattered clichés about milquetoast accountant cops. Coming within a hair’s breadth of death more than once, Gomes capped off his tenure with the famous bust of the Stardust skim, portrayed in the book and movie Casino. In Hit Me!, there’s action to fill a dozen Scorsese films—midnight raids, heart-rending showgirl romances, and deadly double-crosses. And the cast of characters reads like a roll call of gangster lore. But no matter how much evidence Gomes uncovered, or how many…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 5/7/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Prologue: Don't Look Away



Bullets and Pencils



Double-Down



Gunsmoke



Whispers



The Cookie Jar



Hard Lessons



Bolshevik in Residence



The Girl with the Legs



Rules of the Game



Unholy Pact



Sledgehammer



Crash Course



In the Red



The Gamer's Wife



Wolves in the Henhouse



A Shot across the Bow



Trust No One



Loophole



Cat and Mouse



Into Thin Air


Epilogue: No More Secrets


Afterword: A Daughter's Thoughts


Notes


Sources


Index


About the Authors