Review
"Jeri combines V.I. [Warshawki]'s social conscience with Kinsey [Millhone]'s bad-ass attitude and snappy narrative voice."
--The Washington Post Book World
--The Washington Post Book World
Book Description
Investigator Jeri Howard is fascinated by the beautiful horses and the zealous spectators at stylish Edgewater Downs. But behind the scenes, where the owners, trainers, jockeys, and grooms mingle, life is not so pretty.
Someone is terrorizing owner-trainer Molly Torrance with sinister phone threats. Who would be so malicious? Jeri's money is on ambitious jockey Benita Pascal, whom Molly recently fired. But what about great horses suddenly losing races? Or the blonde Jeri spies betting a bundle on the longest of long shots? And what about . . . cold-blooded murder? For when death's dark horse hugs the rail, Jeri gallops to find a ruthless killer.
Someone is terrorizing owner-trainer Molly Torrance with sinister phone threats. Who would be so malicious? Jeri's money is on ambitious jockey Benita Pascal, whom Molly recently fired. But what about great horses suddenly losing races? Or the blonde Jeri spies betting a bundle on the longest of long shots? And what about . . . cold-blooded murder? For when death's dark horse hugs the rail, Jeri gallops to find a ruthless killer.
From the Back Cover
"Jeri combines V.I. [Warshawki]'s social conscience with Kinsey [Millhone]'s bad-ass attitude and snappy narrative voice."
--The Washington Post Book World
About the Author
Janet Dawson's first novel, Kindred Crimes, won the Private Eye Writers of America Best First Private Eye Novel Contest and was nominated for Anthony and Shamus Awards as well. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime and has written nine Jeri Howard mysteries, including: Kindred Crimes, Till the Old Men Die, Take a Number, Don't Turn Your Back on the Ocean, Nobody's Child, A Credible Threat, Witness to Evil, and Where the Bodies Are Buried. Dawson worked as an enlisted journalist in the navy before moving to Alameda, California.
