With Six You Get Wally (John Bekker Mysteries) - Tapa dura

Wally Sample is a degenerate gambler who owes money to every major casino and loan sharks everywhere. He is also the youngest heir to the Sample Iced Tea Corporation and upon his fortieth birthday, if he can prove to the courts that he is cured of his gambling addiction, will take his place as the sixth controlling member of the iced-tea giant.
Problem is, a month short of turning forty, Wally’s gambling habit is worse than ever. In desperation, he turns to Frank Kagan, the family attorney who decades ago prepared the will for Wally’s deceased father and founder of Sample Iced Tea.
Kagan calls on his old friend John Bekker for help, asking Bekker to babysit Wally and prevent him from gambling for thirty days in order to meet the court’s requirements. The assignment proves tougher than anyone imagined, but Bekker is determined to clean Wally up at all costs—even if it means facing down a killer.
Racing the clock until Wally’s court appearance, Bekker finds himself in the middle of corporate greed and scandal and a deadly murder investigation, while trying to stay one step ahead of a crazed would-be killer who will definitely try again. And everything rests upon the very narrow shoulders of Wally Sample, who wants nothing more out of life than to find a winning scratch ticket and beat the odds.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR AL LAMANDA’S JOHN BEKKER SERIES

* Edgar and Nero Award Finalist *
“A solid series in the hard-boiled tradition.”

—Booklist on First Light
“A sterling thriller whose flawed protagonist consistently evokes sympathy.”

—Kirkus Reviews on First Light
“Lamanda’s tough detective has his own moral compass, and his empathy and bulldog tenacity are as admirable as his bone-deep skills.”

—Kirkus Reviews on This Side of Midnight
“The author has made Bekker his own man and not a copy of (say) Jack Reacher or Charlie Parker.”

—Booklist on Sunrise
“This thriller sequel (after the Edgar-nominated Sunset) moves at a blistering pace right from the start.”

—Library Journal on Sunrise
“The latest from Lamanda is an exciting thriller filled with tough but sympathetic characters who drag you breathlessly along to the final scene.”

—Kirkus Reviews on Sunset