Book Review: ‘High Stakes: 8 Sure-Bet Stories Of Gambling And Crime’ by Robert J. Randisi
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Mar.21, 2021, under Books
High Stakes: 8 Sure-Bet Stories Of Gambling And Crime by Robert J. Randisi
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This collection of stories is worth reading. A few are loosely based in gambling. a couple are a bit grittier, like the extremely short entry by Westlake.
Each are written well enough with quickly and well developed characters. The plots are good. Just about all of the endings left me wanting a better conclusion or confused. Still the lot is worth going through.
About the Florida story by Jonathan King:
This is a very interesting combination of two well known groups in Florida history – The binder boys of the 1920s and the young folks through the past century that would capture snakes for money. King has done an excellent job of the transition he writes. His settings of the snake capturing are not on a MacDonald or White level.
I really like how King covers so much territory in so few pages. The ending could be much better, but the concept written is well worth reading.
Bottom line: I recommend this book. 6 out of ten points.
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