When that secret is threatened, Cassie tosses her new life away like a bad hand of cards and goes back in a sprint to her old work Her trade was robbing casino gamblers, and she was the very best. Now it's the only way she can make enough money fast to maybe make everything right. Quickly she lines up a mark, a man who has been winning steadily for a week at high-stakes baccarat. And discovers a world of trouble she never dreamed of. Her superstitious friend who lined up the job says it's the bad-luck void moon having its malignant way.
Cassie knows it's worse.
She's crossed paths again with her life's nemesis, the man who destroyed everything six years before. He's Jack Karch, a private investigator by day who does bloody work for casino owners by night. Walking back into his sights is the worst thing that's ever happened to Cassie. Connelly is so good he's beginning to annoy me. In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick - More . . .