This place is paradise. A gleaming, golden paradise, and mark my words, we intend to keep it that way, by any means possible. You can bet on it.

Detective Lana Cohen thought she had found a slice of peace on the sun-drenched Gold Coast, but her respite is shattered when a severed hand is found on a local beach. 

As the investigation unfolds, Lana is thrust into an uneasy partnership with an off-the-rails Internal Investigations cop ‘Miami’ Vince Walters, and a mysterious Melbourne private investigator Ewan Hayes. It soon becomes clear the new casino is bustling with shady types willing to lose it all, the glitzy shopping centres are rife with shoplifting and the gaudy nightlife is still full of corruption and drugs.

The Casino is a thrilling journey into a world where the stakes are deadly, and trust is the ultimate gamble.

PRAISE FOR THE CASINO:

‘a high-stakes underworld battle’—The Canberra Times

‘local detective Lana Cohen is intrigued by a severed hand found on the beach . . . There’s a lot going on and most of it is highly dodgy.’—The Sydney Morning Herald

Details

ISBN13: 9781761153945
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 336
Edition:
Publication Date: 30 Dec 2025
Publisher: Ultimo Press
Publication City, Country: Australia
Dimensions (cm): 23.4(H)x15.3(L)420
Weight (gm): 420

Author Biography

Iain Ryan grew up in the outer suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. His work has been published by Akashic Books Online, Crime Factory, Kill Your Darlings and Seizure. He has been shortlisted twice for a Ned Kelly Award for his novels Four Days and The Student. His latest noir crime novels, The Strip, The Dream and The Casino, all explore the rich setting of Australia's Gold Coast in the '80s and the corruption that was rife at the time. He lives in Melbourne.

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