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Putnam
September 2006
On Sale: September 1, 2006
Featuring: Sid Halley
320 pages
ISBN: 0399154000
EAN: 9780399154003
Hardcover
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Mystery Private Eye
Sadly, death at the races is not uncommon. However, three
in a single afternoon was sufficiently unusual to raise
more than one eyebrow." It's the third death on Cheltenham
Gold Cup Day that really troubles super-sleuth Sid Halley.
Last seen in 1995's Come to Grief, former champion jockey
Halley knows the perils of racing all too well-but in his
day, jockeys didn't usually reach the finishing line with
three .38 rounds in the chest. But this is precisely how
he finds jockey Huw Walker-who, only a few hours earlier,
had won the coveted Triumph Hurdle. Just moments before the gruesome discovery, Halley had
been called upon by Lord Enstone to make discreet
inquiries into why his horses appeared to be on a
permanent losing streak. Are races being fixed? Are
bookies taking a cut? And if so, are trainers and jockeys
playing a dangerous game with stakes far higher than they
are realistic? Halley's quest for answers draws him even deeper into the
darker side of the race game, in a life-or-death power
play that will push him to his very limits-both
professionally and personally.
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