Murder in Vegas: New Crime Tales of Gambling and Desperation, ed. Michael Connelly (0765307391; Hardcover; Forge Books; February 2005) 11 INTRODUCTION: 10,000 EYES IN THE SKY by Michael Connelly 15 THE SUNSHINE TAX by James Swain 19 PASSLINE by S.J. Rozan 31 DUST UP by Wendy Hornsby 45 THE KIDNAPPING OF XIANG FEI by Michael Collins 63 KILLER HEELS KILL TWICE AS DEAD by T.P. Keating 75 IGGY'S STUFF by J.Madison Davis 87 A TEMPORARY CROWN by Sue Pike 97 THE GAMBLING MASTER OF SHANGHAI by Joan Richter 111 HOUSE RULES by Libby Fischer Hellmann 125 ROLLING THE BONES by Tom Savage 141 ODDSMAKER by Edward Wellen 161 THE DOPE SHOW by K.j.a. Wishnia 177 DEATH OF A WHALE IN THE CHURCH OF ELVIS by Linda Kerslake 195 NEIGHBORS by John Wessel 213 THE END OF THE WORLD (AS WE KNOW IT) by Lise McClendon 227 NICKELS AND DIMES by Ronnie Klaskin 243 EVEN GAMBLERS HAVE TO EAT by Ruth Cavin 253 THE MAGIC TOUCH by A.B. Robbins 273 CATNAPPING by Gay Toltl Kinman 285 MISCAST by Micki Marz 303 LIGHTNING RIDER by Rick Mofina 321 GRIEVING LAS VEGAS by Jeremiah Healy 347 ABOUT THE AUTHORS