I chose instead "The Gambler," with its chic, glossy, red and black cover - a riveting tale of obsession.

A most riveting tale old fellow.

Although it's a riveting tale, it hardly depicts the life in Karachi.

Private Lynch's capture and rescue have endured as one of the most riveting and controversial tales of the war in Iraq.

The first is the riveting tale of a South African family farming in the 1980's near the Limpopo River.

Not, if I may say so, a very riveting tale to tell the coroner.

It's a riveting tale of Hollywood in the nineteen-forties and fifties, told by a young man whose parents are fallen stars of the silver screen.

Later, he told riveting tales of his travels, giving young Astrid a glimpse of a world beyond the confines of Bavaria.

But the novel goes beyond tiresome allegory and becomes a riveting tale of good and evil.

Soap Opera Digest praised the storyline as "a riveting tale".