Dame's the Game

The Dame's the Game wani littafi ne na aikata laifuka na marubucin Amurka Al Fray .  An buga shi a watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1960 a matsayin Popular Library (paperback) Edition. Hoton murfin Harry Schaare ne.v

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Novels by Al Fray

And Kill Once More (1955)

The Dice Spelled Murder (1957)

Come Back for More (1958)

Built for Trouble (1958)

The Dame's the Game (1960)

 Gabatarwa 
Joe Tanner bai fahimci hakan ba, amma wasan da ke iyo da ya rabu da shi bayan aikin rana mai wahala ya yi masa. Matarsa mai launin gashi, Shelly, ta ga ta hanyar ƙwaƙwalwar amma ba za ta iya sa Joe ya ɗauke ta da muhimmanci ba. A Las Vegas, ta nemi taimakon mai binciken gidan caca Barney Conroy. Ba da daɗewa ba ma'aurata sun sami kansu tsakanin 'yan sanda, waɗanda ke zargin su da kisan Joe Tanner, da kuma ainihin masu kisan kai, ƙungiyar ban mamaki da ke da niyyar kawar da Shelly da Barney, ma.

 Takaitaccen Bayani 
Mijin Shelly Tanner Joe attajiri ne mai masana'antu wanda ke gudanar da bincike na soja kan makamai na Cold War da kayan leken asiri. Don shakatawa, Joe ya ɗauki harbi a cikin babban wasan da ke iyo a wurare daban-daban na Los Angeles. Kullum yana rasa kuɗi mai yawa, amma saboda damuwa da ra'ayin cewa sa'arsa dole ne ta canza, ya koma wasan dare bayan dare. Kyakkyawan matarsa, mai takaici na jima'i Shelly ta ga wasan da ya lalace, amma ba za ta iya shawo kan Joe ya daina jefa kuɗin sa ba. A cikin damuwa ta tuka zuwa Las Vegas don neman taimakon mai binciken gidan caca Barney Conroy.

Da farko, Barney ba ya son wani abu da ya shafi aikin kyauta. Ya fi son tsaron da za a iya hangowa na aikin gidan caca. Amma lokacin da aka yi masa mummunan rauni a filin ajiye motoci na gidan caca ta hanyar 'yan fashi da ke da alaƙa da al'amarin Tanner, girman kai da ya ji ya tilasta masa ya sami Shelly kuma ya yi alkawarin taimakonsa. Shelly ya kawo Barney da Joe tare a Los Angeles kuma dukansu sun ziyarci wasan craps. Barney a hankali ya tabbatar da cewa wasan ya yi kuskure. Ya yi tunanin ya gane stickman a matsayin mai cin amana amma mai tsoro daga gidansa na yaro a Kansas City, amma bai san ko an gane shi da kansa ba.

Bayan tattauna yanayin rikice-rikice na wasan tare da Joe wanda har yanzu ba a karɓa ba, Barney da Shelly sun kafa ƙungiyar soyayya. Shelly ya yanke shawarar barin Joe. Yayin da ita da Barney suka yi farin ciki da dare na farko tare a cikin wani motel da ke kusa, Joe ya koma wasan da aka yi amfani da shi kuma ya yi amfani da bayanin da Barney ya gano don fuskantar ƙungiyar da ke gudanar da shi. Amsarsu ita ce su mamaye shi, su kai shi gidansa kuma su kashe shi ta amfani da bindigar Shelly. Jami'an kungiyar sun bi Barney da Shelly zuwa motel, sun san abin da suke yi, kuma ba tare da sunansa ba 'yan sanda cewa su biyu ne masu kisan Joe.

An kama Barney da Shelly kuma dukansu sun kwashe wani lokaci a kurkuku, amma saboda babu wata shaida da ta kai tsaye da ta nuna masa, an saki Barney. Ya yi amfani da 'yancinsa don gano ainihin dalilan da kuma alaƙar siyasa ta 'yan kungiyar kuma, tare da taimakon lauyan Shelly mai tsada a Hollywood, ya sami nasarar jagorantar FBI cikin dare, yakin bindiga na bakin teku inda aka ci kungiyar.

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