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The Gambler's Gold

出版	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012-06-29
主題	Fiction / General
ISBN	14781334149781478133414
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=4KN9MAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Hector Lopez has a problem. His name is Jim Hart. The obsessed detective turned parole officer is determined to make Hector's life miserable --- from telling him where he has to live and work, to constantly reminding him that he is going to pay one way or another for destroying his brother's life, even if he proves he had nothing to do with the terrible accident.Hart's harassment is relentless, and Hector realizes there is more going on than meets the eye. The sly detective is after something big, just like Hector, who has his own secret plans --- for he has an old family map which might lead him to a fortune in lost gold and a new life, if he can outwit Hart and not fall into one of his clever traps designed to permanently take him down.As Hector embarks on finding the lost gold, he unavoidably finds himself in a dangerous game at work where there is a devious slot scheme underway, apparently being orchestrated by an unlikely source: the crazy derelicts living under the Glendale Avenue bridge, who are eagerly awaiting the impending arrival of the two messiahs. The two saviors who will lead them to their salvation and revenge on those wicked souls brutally plundering their dismal situation.Hector also faces another complication. There is an unknown killer loose who somehow knows of his plans and intends to beat him to the missing treasure at all costs, including possibly taking the life of a woman who might be the girl of his dreams and the mother of the boy who has befriended him and gotten him involved in coaching his Little League baseball team.Can Hector survive the killer, outfox Hart and win his heart's desire? He isn't sure. But he's going to try --- even if it's the last thing he ever does.