Double Down by Tom Kakonis
The second book in the riveting Waverly series
A mob boss has given professional gambler Timothy Waverly two weeks to make good on a $300,000 debt…or die at the hands of two hit men. Waverly’s only hope is convince a pill-popping, ex-girlfriend and her loser husband to set him up in a series of high-stakes poker games in Palm Beach with rich Arab prince who cheats at cards. But that’s not the only game that’s rigged. Waverly knows he’s going to be killed as soon as he pays his debt…and that somehow he’s got to cheat death in his biggest gamble yet.
Books by Tom Kakonis
Waverly’s Gambles: All 3 Novels
All three of thriller master Tom Kakonis' wildly acclaimed novels featuring Timothy Waverly, an ex-con and professional poker player as good at playing the hero as he is at playing the odds.
Treasure Coast
A failed professional gambler is pulled into a kidnapping plot in Florida that spirals dangerously out of control.
Flawless
Tom Kakonis’ psychological suspense thriller pits a flawless serial killer against a relentless PI in a clever game of cat-and-mouse. Set aside your weekend – this one is impossible to put down.
Michigan Roll
With this unforgettable thriller, master of crime fiction Tom Kakonis launched his acclaimed series featuring Timothy Waverly – an ex-con and professional poker player as good at playing the hero as he is at playing the odds.
Reviews For Double Down
A cracking good crime thriller that resurrects both the gambling hero of Kakonis' Michigan Roll and the exhilaratingly tough, yet deeply humane, storytelling that made that first novel one of the most memorable in recent crime fiction
Choice...pull up a chair and name your game...Timothy Waverly, the ace gambler, is dealing this hand, so every card's a wild one...Tom Kakonis knows his game!
Aptly compared to Elmore Leonard...Kakonis builds exquisite tension...steamy with a high-rent, low-life atmosphere...an unforgettable cast...a violent shoot-out
Hot-wired, no-holds-barred, masterful!
A cold-deck nightmare of high-stakes peril
