Synopsis
Straight from the Winner's Circle, the greatest jockey of all time draws on his vast experience on and off the track to spin one of the most suspenseful mysteries of the year....
Coley Killebrew was one of the best jockeys in the business -- until a race-fixing scandal got him barred from the track. Now the man responsible for blackening his name, racing steward Raymond Starbuck, offers Coley a chance to redeem his reputation. All Coley has to do is investigate some underworld characters who are muscling in on a track in New Orleans, resist the irresistible redhead he loved and lost. Francie Dorn, and reckon with Lea, Starbuck's leggy blonde daughter, who's its adept at seducing men as she is at blowing them away....
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From the Back Cover
"Sure to Invite Comparison to Dick Francis, Shoemaker proves even faster out of the gate with this debut thriller."
-- Publishers Weekly
"Look Out, Dick Francis....If you like fast-paced, fun and exciting novels with a plethora of shady characters, wild weather and loose women, this book is for you."
-- West Coast Review of Books
"Lots of Thrills and Spills...Here's hoping he gives Coley another mount soon."
From the Inside Flap
m the Winner's Circle, the greatest jockey of all time draws on his vast experience on and off the track to spin one of the most suspenseful mysteries of the year....
Coley Killebrew was one of the best jockeys in the business -- until a race-fixing scandal got him barred from the track. Now the man responsible for blackening his name, racing steward Raymond Starbuck, offers Coley a chance to redeem his reputation. All Coley has to do is investigate some underworld characters who are muscling in on a track in New Orleans, resist the irresistible redhead he loved and lost. Francie Dorn, and reckon with Lea, Starbuck's leggy blonde daughter, who's its adept at seducing men as she is at blowing them away....
Reviews
Former jockey Shoemaker's debut is an assured and entertaining thriller about a professional horseracing syndicate plagued by corruption.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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