Criminal Law and Policy News and Events for the University of Arizona Community

High-Tech Vegas Crime Novel: Game Over

Just in time for the Holidays, Arizonan Gary Isaacson has written a wonderful crime novel about Las Vegas.  Here's a description from Amazon: "Game Over is a phrase that appears at the end of many electronic games including most slot machines. It indicates that the player has run out of time or enough money to stay alive in play or has been electronically killed. The book is a fascinating, sometimes thrilling, sometimes sexy and generally laugh out loud funny adventure set in the intersecting worlds of broadcast television and casino gambling. The main characters are a bright, iconoclastic, still youthful middle-age male who designs high definition digital video systems for broadcast stations and a smart, beautiful, strong-willed female news anchor. Together they learn there is a huge story and lots of danger associated with their investigation of a new Chinese entrant into the slot machine manufacturing industry."

A Holiday Gift Idea from our Recent Speaker Clint Bolick: His Novel, Nicki's Girl

Our recent wonderful speaker Clint Bolick's talents are not limited to the law: He has published the novel Nicki's Girl which is just the thing for the holidays.  Here's a description from Amazon:

"When talented young architect Kevin Gibbons meets Nicole Petri, he is quickly swept away. Nicki's otherworldly beauty, sweet disposition, and ardent lovemaking seem almost too good to be true. Even after she reveals alarming personality traits, Kevin marries her.

Eventually Nicki bears the daughter she desperately desires. But despite the fact that Alexandria is the spitting image of her mother, her arrival does little to purge Nicki's demons. Alex's behavior in turn veers between angelic and terrifying, forcing Kevin to struggle furiously to save both his little girl's life and his own sanity."