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Fiction If Prince Charming were a vampire THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS By Brian Rouff 324 pp. Huntington Press Reviewed by Eric Petersen Las Vegas based writer Brian Rouff is back with his latest novel, a delightful Carl Hiaasen-esque tale set in Sin City, which becomes a character itself. The story begins in small-town Michigan, with spunky young reporter Anna Christiansen hoping for a better assignment than writing obituaries and covering county fairs. She gets more than she bargained for when her boss Mr. Knudsen assigns her to cover a local concert by a band called the Dickweeds, whom she describes as “a retro alt country blues band with a small horn section,” and interview their lead singer, Rob Lazarus. Anna arrives for the show and finds that the paper hasn’t even bought her a ticket. The only ones left are in the Standing Room Only section. She can’t even see the band from there. To make matters worse, after the concert, Rob Lazarus, in no mood for the press, rudely gives ...