Vegas Nights: Dead Pulp (Vegas Nights, #3) (ePub)

All her life, Calypso Yoo has been obsessed with writing. After her agent lands her a speaking engagement in Las Vegas, she hopes to connect with her muse and complete her breakout novel. Soon she's drawn into the recent murder of an exotic dancer. At the same time, an enterprising redhead goes into the revenge business and decreases the odds of her victims on making it home alive.

Carl Hiaasen has been quoted as stating that his stories are populated with slightly altered true tales from Florida since truth is indeed stranger than fiction. In that vein, Dead Pulp is an 18,000-word humorous take on several real-life events that were widely reported on during the wild, free-wheeling, anything goes '90s decade in Sin City where the author once lived.

In the following story, Penni Nichols represents a combination of several women who had men issues and decided to take matters into their own hands. Struggling writer Calypso Yoo may or may not be based on an actual person who once burned through Las Vegas years ago. Names and dates of this tale have been altered for obvious reasons. Dates of several events and locations have also been changed to better suit the story. Artistic license, as it were.

Taking a hard look at current events, it's oddly amusing how Las Vegas almost two decades ago now seems like 'the good old days.' Maybe decadence is relative.