| Title | : | Writ of Execution (Nina Reilly #7) |
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| ISBN | : | 0440236053 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780440236054 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 2001 |
Writ of Execution (Nina Reilly #7) Reviews
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One of the strangest ones I've read yet. Nina this time meets a girl, name unknown (for now) who wins seven million on the slots. But the problem is, that she can't claim the money because she won't give out her name. So who does she go with? A guy right beside her as her husband. The girl says she must say hidden in order to protect herself. Nina agrees to take on the case, but things start to go out of hand when the people the girl sat beside on that night begin to die. The guy she is "suppose" to be married to (name is Kenny) is who the guns it might belongs too. Surprising twists unravel which then Nina is desperate to keep the girl alive. A compelling thriller, will grab you at the first page. A very good mystery.
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This story was just OK... It started off very strong and then it became very confusing... But in the end it was the right thing to do!!!
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Takes place over a few days in July - woman wins $7 million jackpot playing slots - but she cannot collect because she does not want to reveal her identity since she is in hiding. She consults attorney Nina Reilly who acquiesces to the woman's scheme to marry the man who was sitting next to her at the slots - he will present themselves as a married couple, collect the $7 million, keep $1 million, and give the rest to the woman. The plan unravels when a murderer kills three people who were around the slots when it paid off. Everything is settled in the end, but there is no exciting violent climax in Lake Tahoe or Mount Tallac or surrounding areas of the Lake Tahoe region. Instead there is an unexciting murder attempt, which is immediately defused. Turns out the slot machine was rigged to pay off and the woman was not supposed to be there when it did. The insider who planned the heist was killing everyone who might have exposed him.
Some bothersome details: Nina has a teenage son who she does not seem to attend to. She asks her brother, who luckily lives near by, to care for him most of the time. Nina also leads on her loyal boyfriend, Paul, but seems uncommitted and ambivalent towards him. He finally leaves her in the end, although there is a hint that she is going to get him back. -
This book is one wild ride. Nina Reilly is an attorney near Lake Tahoe , which sits on the Nevada/California border. She is a single Mom trying to survive in a competitive area. Just like
Vegas, people love to gamble . Jessie Porter is a widow who lived in Hawaii with her husband, Dan who had just died in a boating accident. She has an infant boy and an angry father-in-law who suspects that she murdered her husband. Jessie escapes to Nevada and tries to secure her future. She goes gambling one night and meets Kenny Leung .When a gambler leaves his position at a slot machine, she sits down to play one game and now the story starts to unfold. It turns out that the man who was sitting there just went to the restroom but in that time lapse.......the machine tells Jessie that she has just won $7,000,000 !!
The man returns from the restroom only to find that the machine that he 'was' told would pay out a huge sum had been occupied by Jessie. Now things start to heat up. Jessie secures the services of Nina Reilly and the friendship of Kenny and a wild fight is about to begin.
Murder and mysteries will follow ........hang on to your chairs for a wild tale where you will find it hard to put down this thriller until the very end. -
This is the seventh novel in the Nina Reilly series and I liked it as much as the other six I've read. Great characters and story line: exciting, unpredictable and realistic. This story is also a facinating depiction of the gaming industry and the psychology of compulsive gambling. I highly recommend it.
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An interesting legal thriller with courtroom drama - suspense - some romance - along with winning a Huge jackpot from the "slots" exposes her hiding - murder - some of the story was slow reading but held my interest -
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Just a good enjoyable non challenging read. What you want this time of year.
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Really enjoying this series
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I just could not get into this book, tried a couple of times.
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A very short standard mass market paperback. Allows you to suspend reality for a bit while you listen/read it. Not great, not terrible.
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This book is several years old but holds up pretty well. Interesting mystery.
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Enjoyed it.
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Lots of twists and intrigue. I hope some of the stuff about casinos is not true. Well enjoyed.
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This book just couldn’t keep my attention. Very disappointing. Not for me.
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Quick easy read, but not one of my favorites of the series. The plot revolves around a woman who wins the jackpot at a slot machine in Reno. Her winnings are nothing but a problem and she hires Nina the lawyer to help solve them. The issue with this courtroom thriller is that there were too many coincidences, the characters just weren't developed enough, and some were overdeveloped. I very much enjoyed the background information about the gaming industry and don't think I'll ever waste a quarter on a slot machine again -- but the plot of the book was just OK. Not bad, a nice little escape, but not nearly as good as some of their other work.
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Writ of Execution
by Perri O'Shaughnessy
Three in a row is enough for me of Nina Reilly! This one is really pretty good. Nina is called while dallying with Paul and they both have to rush to the office to help a new client who has just won millions at the slot machine. Why doesn't the client want to identify herself? Who's the guy with her? How does the a-hole lawyer, Jeff Reisener, get into the story? Will Nina ever commit to Paul or will he ever take off? Except for that, the story is quite engrossing, going from California to Nevada to Hawaii and has lots of little tidbits to keep it interesting.
