Great Vegas wedding story. The last time I was in Vegas (for
Bouchercon) we stayed at the Riveria, said to be one of the
last remaining examples of the type of casino/hotel design
that flourished in the rat pack era. My preference was always
for Reno but its been years since I've visited that city and
it may now just be a little Vegas.
My memory is that Savage Bride is one of Woolrich's weaker
novels. I'm a Woolrich fan but some of his stuff hits a
whinny tone that I have trouble finishing.
Richard Moore
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Vorzimmer"
<jvorzimmer@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the suggestions on bookstores in Vegas. I
went last
weekend and
> picked up a copy of Cornell Woolrich's Savage Bride
(Gold Medal) at
Albion.
> They had a sizeable collectible mystery
section.
>
> We did a lot of interesting things and one of them
was a trip to
The Gun
> Store (2900 E Tropicana Ave). I had heard they had a
big selection
of
> machine guns to rent and I was reading a book on the
AK-47 and so I
thought
> I should fire off a few rounds. I also wanted to
shoot one of those
old
> Thompsons that are always featured in
> gangster movies in the 30s. I was amazed at how easy
to handle the
AK was.
>
> Had one of those only-in-Vegas moments when a whole
bridal party
came in to
> shoot an Uzi dressed in their gowns. They were all
gorgeous and
seemed to
> handle the weapon like they had some experience with
it. Now that I
think
> about they certainly looked like they could have
been Israeli.
>
> Jeff
>
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