| Description |
176 pages ; 23 cm |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Summary |
Jockey Nikki Latrelle gets the chance of a lifetime-- to ride the favorite in a stakes race-- only to have her dream destroyed when a mysterious intruder kills her mount the night before the race. Evil people are working at Maryland's Laurel Park race track, and when Nikki stumbles over the body of a gunshot victim, she quickly becomes the prime suspect in a murder case. Framed and facing a possible murder rap, Nikki is ruled-off the track. Even deprived of job and income, she cannot abandon a mistreated, ill-tempered racehorse doomed to the slaughter house. Nikki and the filly wind up at a seedy stable with a motley group of felons, drunks, and drug-addicts. With unexpected help from a fashion-conscious wholesale meat-seller, a recovering addict, and an ancient groom, Nicky follows a crooked trail of insurance scam and betting fraud. But with the odds against her, can she clear her name-- and put the real criminals behind bars? |
| Subject |
Murder -- Investigation -- Maryland -- Laurel -- Fiction.
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Jockeys -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
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Horse racing -- Maryland -- Fiction.
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Latrelle, Nikki (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Mystery fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781434403988 paperback $11.95 |
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143440398X paperback $11.95 |
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