James Patterson and Mark Seal: What Really Happens in Vegas (UK 2024)

From the Publisher:
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas - until now.
Whether you're a Vegas regular or have only heard the city's tales through whispers, this book will surprise and astound you... It's not just the five-star dining, or the casinos, or the clubs, or the crowds. It's the electrifying chemistry of America's most round-the-clock city.

In this dazzling 24-hour journey, James Patterson lifts the lid on America's notorious hub of gambling and excess. Fuelled by original interviews and in-depth reporting, What Really Happens in Vegas uncovers the vice, crime and entertainment that made Sin City an infamous desert mecca.

This is Vegas as you've never seen it before, filled with unbelievable stories from the people who make the city tick, simmer - and even explode.

James Patterson and Mark Seal: What Really Happens in Vegas. The infamous city as you've never seen it before. Penguin, ISBN: 9781529160093 (July, 2024), 400 p., £8.99.

James Patterson and Mark Seal: What Really Happens in Vegas (UK 2023)

From the Publisher:
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas - until now.
Whether you're a Vegas regular or have only heard the city's tales through whispers, this book will surprise and astound you... It's not just the five-star dining, or the casinos, or the clubs, or the crowds. It's the electrifying chemistry of America's most round-the-clock city.

In this dazzling 24-hour journey, James Patterson lifts the lid on America's notorious hub of gambling and excess. Fuelled by original interviews and in-depth reporting, What Really Happens in Vegas uncovers the vice, crime and entertainment that made Sin City an infamous desert mecca.

This is Vegas as you've never seen it before, filled with unbelievable stories from the people who make the city tick, simmer - and even explode.

James Patterson and Mark Seal: What Really Happens in Vegas. The infamous city as you've never seen it before. Century, ISBN: 9781529136739 (December, 2023), 400 p., £20.00, eBook £7.99.

James Patterson and Mark Seal: What Happens in Vegas (USA 2023)

From the Publisher:
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas -- until now. James Patterson shows the real Vegas in a dazzling journey through "lively tales of those who labor and dream in Sin City" (Kirkus).

- Las Vegas is on Luxury Standard Time: every clock in the airport is a Rolex.
- No dream is too big, no wish is too small -- the VIP hosts in Vegas fulfill guests' every (legal) desire.
- Jackpots hit when least expected. The Nevada Gaming Control Board has days to find a man who unknowingly won over $200,000 at the slots.
- "I love love": the inventor of the Elvis impersonator wedding and the drive-thru wedding has performed hundreds of marriages -- and believes in them all.
- Glamorous yogis take a helicopter across the desert to the Valley of Fire, where they perform sun salutations to the glory of Las Vegas.
- A gambling VIP "whale" loses $1 million at the casinos, yet still leaves saying, "Had a great time. I'll be back."

In What Really Happens in Vegas, full of surprises for both newcomers and Las Vegas regulars, James Patterson and Vanity Fair contributing editor Mark Seal transport readers from the thrill of adrenaline-fueled vice to the glitter of A-list celebrity and entertainment.

James Patterson and Mark Seal: What Happens in Vegas. True Stories of the People who Make Vegas, Vegas. Little, Brown, & Co., ISBN: 9780316406901 (December, 2023), 400 p., $30.00, eBook $16.99.