Vigorish

Wally Bupp left the gambling world behind. A telekinetic surgeon with steady hands and steadier secrets, he wanted nothing more than to practice medicine in peace. But the Lodge, a secret society of psi-powered gamblers, needs him one more time. The Sky Hi Club is being robbed blind by a thief who can move cards with their mind, and someone has to stop them. Enter Pheola: a woman who claims to see the future, who speaks in half-truths and broken promises, and who might be the only partner Bupp can trust in a casino where everyone is lying. As they hunt the psychic cheat through smoke-filled rooms and backroom deals, they discover the real danger was never the thief it was the Lodge itself, and the people who will do anything to keep their power. Vigorish is 1960s pulp science fiction at its most gleefully absurd: a world where the house always wins, unless you can bend reality with your mind. It is a fast, strange ride through a gambling underworld where the only currency that matters is trust, and everyone is betting against you.