Title: Marquis De Fraud
Publisher: Seven Locks Pr
Publication Date: 2001
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0970872208
ISBN 13: 9780970872203
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Dimensions: 3.18 centimeters width by 15.88 centimeters height by 24.13 centimeters depth
Weight: 1.85 pounds
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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San Francisco trainer Cliff Dante figures his luck is turning -- he has a fast horse and two new clients to back his action. What he doesn't know is, one of his clients is a con man and a killer. The Marquis de Fraud is the story of three friends, a lightning fast colt and a scheme to make them all rich.

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PHILIP REED began his writing career as a night police reporter for the City News Bureau of Chicago and later wrote for The Rocky Mountain News in Denver. He moved to Los Angeles in the 1980s where he directed his first play, TRUE BLUES. His plays have been staged in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and New York. His first mystery, BIRD DOG, was published by Pocket Books in 1997 and was nominated for the Edgar and Anthony Awards. The sequel, LOW RIDER, was named one of the 10 best books of 1998 by the Detroit Free Press. Reed has written several nonfiction books, including CANDIDLY, ALLEN FUNT, and FREE THROW. THE MARQUIS de FRAUD, a thriller about horse racing, was released on Kentucky Derby Day. He lives in Long Beach, California, with his wife Vivian Blackwell, the poet , and their two sons, Andrew and Tony. He is currently an automotive journalist for Edmunds.com in Santa Monica where he spent three months as an undercover car salesman. This led to the hi! ghly popular series "Confessions of a Car Salesman" which prompted over 1,000 email responses. He is at work on another book about horse racing called THE PERFECT NIK.

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