The Lucius Bunk Series

Desert Blackmail Summary

Lester Van Carlton is a top executive at the Blissful Hotel and Casino Corporation, one of the major entertainment corporations in Las Vegas. He has an excellent reputation as a successful businessman and a dedicated community leader. One morning, he receives an anonymous email, which threatens to reveal his dark, personal secrets. It rocks his world and plunges him into a nightmare of panic and fear. Shortly thereafter, the brutal murder of a former Blissful employee presents Detective Sergeant Lucius Bunk with a homicide investigation fraught with unexpected and complex challenges. Information provided to Bunk by Keith Wilkins, a blind friend of the murder victim, reveals one of Van Carlton's secrets and casts a shadow of suspicion on Van Carlton regarding the murder. The information proves to be critical in the successful investigation of several major crimes.

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