Powerball 310
. . . a new crime novel
Crime doesn't pay ... or does it?
It may be too late to ask that question if you're Rodger McCormack, Chief of Lottery Security, teamed up with a computer programmer, a well-connected banker and an arrogant mathematician. They're planning a high-tech scheme to steal a $310 million Powerball lottery jackpot.
- Powerball 310 is the smashing debut novel from the husband and wife duo, K.T. Reid.
- It's a caper, a moral tale, and a love story.
- It's a rollicking good read!
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New classic! "Lots of praise for Powerball 310 by K.T. Reid! It's a detective novel with a real difference where two attractive twenty-somethings take on the sleuthing, some romance and tons of ingenuity solving a clever crime involving lottery millions and some unexpected and serious crooks." - Massachusetts
A definite winner! "... a potent mix of greed, murder and mayhem with an unusual mathematical twist, played out against the gritty backdrop of inner city Philadelphia. It keeps you intrigued and delighted from its inventive start, to its unexpected finish." - France
Riveting, action-packed, unconventional crime caper. - North Carolina
Fun read about the power of greed. "Greed is good," affirmed Wall Street broker Gordon Gecko in that quintessential '80s movie "Wall Street." After reading K.T. Reid's debut novel "Powerball 310," Gecko's immortal words should be edited to read "Greed is good, as long as it doesn't involve lying, cheating, stealing and murder." Because any reader that picks up "Powerball 310" is treated to a riotous account of all of the above, packaged in a fast-paced novel that's a great read." - Texas
Page turner! "Powerball 310 serves up an exciting and intricate plot as well as convincing and sympathetic characters." - California
Mathematics used to beat the state-sponsored lottery system. "As someone who has taught and consulted in computer security, the main premise of the book hooked me from the start. A group of people get together and decide to cheat the multi-state Powerball lottery." - Iowa
Powerball 310---a dynamic and intriguing read. "…all I will say is that I loved it." - Oregon
Readers hit the jackpot with this one! "... engaging. It gives us lively characters and co-conspirators, all motivated by different needs, with whom one feels great empathy as they voraciously bend and sometimes break the rules in an attempt to change their respective lives." - Utah
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(Found scrawled on a cocktail napkin
clutched in the dead man's hand ... )
B. Riemann is one of math's heroes
Whose zeta is peppered with zeroes.
By some grand design
They're all on one line.
For reasons that no one but he knows.
the Left Brain-Right Brain Game is party fun
The Screed is a killer parody of The Secret
Link to Lottery Software site for serious players
The Plot ...
The gang has a scheme to trick the Lottery computer into issuing a winning Powerball ticket minutes after the numbers have been drawn. Soon they hold the sole ticket for the $310 million jackpot, but before their banker can launder the money, things go terribly wrong.Meet young journalist Keith Evans, who comes to Philadelphia to interview Rodger for a story on the lottery. Along with Rodger's daughter Melissa, he becomes entangled with the gang in a web of mystery, murder and mayhem. As the police follow their own leads and the gang struggles to hold onto their prize, the young couple closes in on the truth.
The villains in this murder mystery are a gang of experts -- respectable citizens confronted with a chance to scam the lottery to make a lot of easy money. Their high-tech theft scheme uses the Riemann hypothesis of prime numbers to compromise lottery security and heist a big draw; in their view, they aren't really stealing.
The twenty-something heroes are unprepared for the chaos. They muddle their way to the truth when the police are blindsided by international law and can't help. No one can escape his fate or the tough moral dilemmas each one is forced to face.
Get ready to savor the predicament of ordinary people snared by greed in a world spinning out of control.