Hi, I have drawn from my years working in the casino industry to create a critically acclaimed fascinating thriller. The Desert Sun raves, "Cara Bertoia stacks the creative cards in our favor in Casino Queen a compelling mystery set in Palm Springs and Joshua Tree. Crime-solving tales that revolve around strong female protagonists aren’t just a luck of a draw. They’re downright successful." Click on follow button to receive new updates to my blog. On mobile phone follow button on web version.
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Growing up in a strait-laced Southern family, I was always fascinated with casinos. In my twenties on a summer hiatus from teaching in North Carolina, I drove to California and became a dealer at Caesars in Lake Tahoe. Well, I can tell you that after teaching high school, handling an unruly gambler was a piece of cake. My mother highly disapproved of my working in a casino, "a place so bad it has 'sin' in the middle."
I wanted to write the first realistic novel about casino life from the perspective of an experienced table games dealer.
I spent the next five years circling the globe for Princess Cruises. Sometimes life exceeds your dreams. I was awed by the wonders of Venice, the fjords of Norway, and the Northern Lights in Leningrad.
I returned from ships with a very special souvenir, my Scottish husband Ray. We went to work in Palm Springs. We now live in Hollywood, Florida, where I write about my casino years while wistfully gazing out at the ocean.
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