Neon Mirage - Nathan Heller, Bk 4 Author:Max Allan Collins Chicago, 1946. Gambling chief James Ragen is shot right before the eyes of the man hired to protect him: A-1 Detective Agency's Nate Heller. Which mob boss hungry for Ragen's gambling action has made a fool of Heller: cold-blooded, Capone heir Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik or hotheaded, movie star-handsome Bugsy Siegel? The answer ... more »is not in the mean streets of Chicago, because the city's mob wars have moved west, to the glitz of Hollywood and the fabulous -- and illicit -- potential of a shabby, little, desert-way station they call Las Vegas.« less