Rats of Las Vegas is the story of tomboy & poker prodigy Millard Lacouvy, who grows up in Depression-era Vancouver. She learns cards in the back rooms of Gastown bars and moves on to high stake games on luxurious trains travelling across Canada. When these games fail to satisfy her ambition, she finds herself a place in Bugsy Siegel's Las Vegas. There she is haunted by the handsome conman she's known all her life and learns that love can also be a game of chance.

"Pasold weaves together themes of love, chance, magic and fortune to create a compelling coming-of-age story. Rats is charming, original, and rich in historical detail [and] Millard is an exceptionally refreshing heroine." - Kathryne Kouk in The Winnipeg Free Press

"A high-stakes poker game on a train through the Rockies, a beautiful bad boy with a broken eyetooth, a near-death by strangling, a fast 40s car, a landlord in marabou feathered mules, mobsters, showgirls, a card-playing monkey: how could Lisa Pasold's first novel be anything other than a feast? ...As compulsive as a gambler, as propulsive as a transcontinental train, Rats of Las Vegas is an irresistible read." - Ellis Avery (author of The Teahouse Fire)

Rats of Las Vegas (published by Enfield & Wizenty, Winnipeg) is available in the "buy books" section of this website--where you can also have your book dedicated & signed.