Dead Winner is a treasure hunt mystery with a love story. Or is it? It is the story of a lonely, cautious lawyer, Rory, who has the chance to step out of his monotonous life to become the hero he pretends to be while playing interactive video games. When Rory's college friend Tom and his wife Monica discover they have a winning lottery ticket with a jackpot of 60 million, they approach Rory to help establish a trust to manage the money. The following week Tom is found in their luxe highrise apartment dead of a gunshot wound to the head, an apparent suicide. Why would such a lucky man kill himself? Is the beautiful Monica a murder suspect? And where is the winning lottery ticket?

This is a fun novel and a quick read with lots of twists and turns. There is a cast of colourful characters and a cheeky tone to the writing. For some reason, I am reminded of watching old episodes of Columbo or Magnum PI (the Tom Selleck version) - it has that same fun and mischievous feel to it.

Many thanks to the author and Coffee and Thorn Booktours for my copy to review.