Summary: Misanthropic ex-cop and freelance "grifter hunter" Tony Valentine is called in to find swindler Frank Fontaine, who vanished leaving Nola Briggs, a blackjack dealer caught on camera helping him cheat, to take all the heat, but an ingenious scheme to have Nola help him find Fontaine plunges Valentine into a deadly world of hustlers, corrupt cops, and bloodthirsty hit men.

A hardened ex-cop, Tony Valentine now nabs hustlers who rob casinos, and the Micanopy Indian Reservation Casino in South Florida desperately needs his expertise. A blackjack dealer has rigged a game, dealt a player eighty-four winning hands in a row, and then disappeared. But the missing dealer is part of an even bigger, far deadlier scheme. Valentine’s trail leads him to Rico Blanco, a ruthless gangster who once worked for John Gotti; his shady,...

Cheating expert Tony Valentine and his son, Gerry, are called in to discover how blind poker player Skip DeMarco has been scamming the Las Vegas poker tournament, only to discover that their quarry is linked to some desperate and dangerous characters who will do anything to insure that he will win.