Photo Finish: A Jack Doyle Mystery (Jack Doyle Series) - Hardcover

McEvoy, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1464200130 ISBN 13: 9781464200137

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press, 2012

Synopsis

Irreverent Chicago racetrack publicist Jack Doyle, former advertising man and amateur boxer, accepts a new job as a thoroughbred jockey's agent. His client is a seventeen-year-old riding phenom from Ireland named Mickey Sheehan. Mickey and Jack prove to be an effective team until someone begins secretly doping the horses, affecting race results.

In his quest to identify the culprit, Doyle is aided by his old friend Moe Kellman, furrier-to-the-Mob; trainer Ralph Tenuta, himself the target of a blackmailer; and young veterinarian Ingrid McGuire, a talented horse communicator. The action moves from Chicago's Heartland Downs to New York's famed Saratoga Race Course, even stepping aboard Mob capo Fifi Bonadio's lavish yacht in Chicago's Belmont Harbor. Will Jack's persistent push for answers get him killed?

About this title

About the Author:

John McEvoy, a former editor and executive columnist for thoroughbred horse racing's "Bible," Daily Racing Form, is the author of six mystery novels published by Poisoned Pen Press, High Stakes the most recent, as well as four non-fiction books. Two of his books won Ben Franklin Awards from the Independent Publishers' Association. He has been a horse owner and is a widely published poet. He and his wife Judy live in Evanston, IL.

Review:

"John McEvoy is a racing expert whose knowledge permeates the pages." (Publishers Weekly of The Significant Seven)

"McEvoy...is dead-on in his descriptions and accounts of thoroughbred racing...McEvoy delivers." (Booklist starred review of Riders Down)

About this edition

• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1464200130
• ISBN 13: 9781464200137
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 250