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While attempting to break into the Luxxy Duxxy offices in Basingstoke, Tom encounters the mysterious [[Ada Vavasor|Ada]], who is doing something similar. Tom and Ada manage to find out that there is something unusual going on there involving Robert J Merritt III and some dodgy software but then they are discovered and they have to make their escape via Ada's high-performance motorbike. Ada drops him off back at the caravan and disappears into the night without explaining anything about who she is or why she was there. | While attempting to break into the Luxxy Duxxy offices in Basingstoke, Tom encounters the mysterious [[Ada Vavasor|Ada]], who is doing something similar. Tom and Ada manage to find out that there is something unusual going on there involving Robert J Merritt III and some dodgy software but then they are discovered and they have to make their escape via Ada's high-performance motorbike. Ada drops him off back at the caravan and disappears into the night without explaining anything about who she is or why she was there. | ||
| − | Tom finds out that there is a cyber gambling convention coming up next week at the Robert J Merritt III Convention Center in Las Vegas the following week, so he decides to go there to tackle the mystery at its source.}} | + | Tom finds out that there is a cyber gambling convention coming up next week at the [[Robert J Merritt III Convention Center]] in Las Vegas the following week, so he decides to go there to tackle the mystery at its source. After checking in at the [[Heartbeak Motel]], he inveigles himself into a temporary job at the convention center, working in a team under boss [[Jolene]] alongside [[María Alvarez|Maria]] and [[Jésus Christos|Jésus]]}} |
Revision as of 15:21, 4 April 2024
| Last Chance in Vegas | |
|---|---|
 First edition | |
| Author | Jonathan Pinnock |
| Cover artist | kid-ethic |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Farrago Books |
| Publication date | 2022 |
| ISBN | 978-1-78842-429-5 |
| Preceded by | Bad Day in Minsk |
| Followed by | The Code of the Vavasors |
Last Chance in Vegas is a book by Jonathan Pinnock. It is the fifth in the Mathematical Mystery series and was published by Farrago Books in October 2022.
Blurb
On the trail of a couple of missing alpacas, disaster-prone Tom Winscombe has somehow ended up at an online gambling convention in Las Vegas.
With the assistance of his mysterious new companion Ada, his quest takes on a dangerous turn as he finds that this time he has some hungry wildlife to contend with, as well as a cast of disreputable and downright dangerous human characters.
As the stakes get higher and his chances of survival drop lower, Tom finds the only solution may be to forge an unexpected alliance with someone from his past. Will he end up with a winning hand, or will everything fall apart like a house of cards?
Critical Reception
The reception to the book was generally extremely favourable.
