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A fast-paced thriller that delves deep into the enticing world of high-stakes poker, Dead Money raises the risk of the political thriller to create an exciting new genre—political poker thriller.
“Dean Wesley Smith does for poker what James Patterson does for serial killers.”
—Sheldon McArthur, former owner of Mysterious Books in Los Angeles
“[An] exhilarating political poker thriller.”
—Midwest Book Review
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateNovember 5, 2013
- File size3087 KB
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- ASIN : B00GH0Q178
- Publisher : WMG Publishing, Inc. (November 5, 2013)
- Publication date : November 5, 2013
- Language : English
- File size : 3087 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 378 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,118,131 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,381 in Conspiracy Thrillers (Books)
- #2,407 in Conspiracy Thrillers (Kindle Store)
- #5,449 in Serial Killer Thrillers
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About the author

Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith published far more than a hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds of short stories across many genres.
At the moment he produces novels in several major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the Old West, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the urban fantasy Ghost of a Chance series, a superhero series starring Poker Boy, and a mystery series featuring the retired detectives of the Cold Poker Gang.
His monthly magazine, Smith’s Monthly, which consists of only his own fiction, premiered in October 2013 and offers readers more than 70,000 words per issue, including a new and original novel every month.
During his career, Dean also wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, Spider-Man and X-Men novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds. Writing with his wife Kristine Kathryn Rusch under the name Kathryn Wesley, he wrote the novel for the NBC miniseries The Tenth Kingdom and other books for Hallmark Hall of Fame movies.
He wrote novels under dozens of pen names in the worlds of comic books and movies, including novelizations of almost a dozen films, from The Final Fantasy to Steel to Rundown.
Dean also worked as a fiction editor off and on, starting at Pulphouse Publishing, then at VB Tech Journal, then Pocket Books, and now at WMG Publishing, where he and Kristine Kathryn Rusch serve as series editors for the acclaimed Fiction River anthology series.
For more information about Dean’s books and ongoing projects, please visit his website at www.deanwesleysmith.com and sign up for his newsletter.
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His characters are interesting and engaging and everything from plane crashes to action scenes to poker games are well-executed.
This a solid, fun thriller and hopefully "Doc" Hill will return in the near future.
Fascinating in its details about professional poker playing.
Hard to put down.
We want more Doc Hill thrillers.
In DEAD MONEY (a poker term for a player who has paid an entry fee in a tournament he has no chance of winning) Doc Hill leads adventure tourists down the River of No Return during his time off from high stakes poker games, his real job. Abruptly, the death of his long-estranged father puts him in the middle of a decades-spanning mystery and into the sights of a stone cold killer. A really good thriller read ensues.
Haven't looked yet, but I sure hope there are more Doc Hill books.
The book is fairly long, but with short chapters and a very quick pace. My only complaint, really, is that you have to have a better understanding of the game of poker to appreciate what goes on in the games. I've played a little Texas Hold 'em (which is what Doc plays), but if I hadn't, I'd be completely lost any time he sat down at a tournament. Your results may vary, but overall, I quite enjoyed the book.
The story starts out with a guy flying back from a high-stakes poker game. In the middle of nowhere, his plane stalls out, and he ends up flying it into a canyon wall. It also reveals that the accident was actually an act of sabotage, and the person who did it has a much bigger agenda than just one death. This death of Doc Hill's father starts Doc on a search to find the killer, regardless of the fact that he and his dad had been estranged for years. Some digging reveals that a number of poker legends are being murdered, and they all seem to be connected by the fact that each one had a key that means something to someone. By this time, Doc is determined to see this through, and is willing to risk everything (including his life) in a winner-take-all game of poker.
The uniqueness of Dead Money is how everything is set in the world of professional poker. Hill is an outstanding player, his dad was a legend, and most of the people he interacts with have some tie into that world. The poker jargon comes fast and furious, and Smith makes it work well. I can see if you're into poker, this would make a great mystery read. Even if you're not, it's a fast-paced novel that hides things well until the very end...
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