Blind Switch: Jack Doyle (Paperback)
Autor John McEvoyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 mar 2010
Desperate Jack Doyle accepts a sketchy job which leads to a deadly game of fixing horse races and murder--of the four-legged kind.... One-time amateur boxer Jack Doyle, an irreverent and rebellious advertising account representative, goes to work one fine Chicago day and finds his desk--and his job--both gone. A two-time loser at the marriage game as well, Doyle, usually ultra-confident, fishes himself out of a bottle to take stock, realizing, "with a thumping finality, that Life sure as hell did have his number and was crunching it."~At loose ends, Doyle accepts a most unusual offer from an acquaintance, Moe Kellman, "furrier to the Mob," to fix a horse race. The context of making the deal, a Cubs game at storied Wrigley Field, sets the tone for the drama that follows. Thus begins a chain of events that will lead the FBI to Doyle's door where they "coopt" him into a quest after people who are maiming or killing thoroughbred horses for their insurance values. Their number one target is a loathsome media mogul who can't bear to lose at anything.~Built upon recent factual events, spiced with satire and peppered throughout with engaging loonies, Blind Switch is a noteworthy first novel with a hero forced to ask in its ultimate line, "Where have I gone right?"
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781590582763
ISBN-10: 1590582764
Pagini: 278
Dimensiuni: 149 x 205 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Poisoned Pen Press
Seria Jack Doyle (Paperback)
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 1590582764
Pagini: 278
Dimensiuni: 149 x 205 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Poisoned Pen Press
Seria Jack Doyle (Paperback)
Locul publicării:United States
Recenzii
"Forecast: As the former Midwest editor and senior correspondent for Daily Racing Forum (and author of five nonfiction books on thoroughbred racing), McEvoy is in a good position to promote this book, starting with a signing at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame." --Publisher's Weekly, starred review
"Easy prose, always interesting subject matter (shades of Dick Francis!), and an admirable protagonist make this a satisfying first novel." --Library Journal
"...if you have any interest in the sports he so expertly dissects, you'll probably wish the sequel was waiting on the nightstand." --Chicago Tribune
"It’s a good tale, fleshed out with plenty of colorful character and a finely realized racing setting at home on the track or in the barns." --Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
"Easy prose, always interesting subject matter (shades of Dick Francis!), and an admirable protagonist make this a satisfying first novel." --Library Journal
"...if you have any interest in the sports he so expertly dissects, you'll probably wish the sequel was waiting on the nightstand." --Chicago Tribune
"It’s a good tale, fleshed out with plenty of colorful character and a finely realized racing setting at home on the track or in the barns." --Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
Notă biografică
John McEvoy, former Midwest editor and senior correspondent for Daily Racing Form, is the author of five previously published non-fiction books on thoroughbred horse racing, including the award-winning Great Horse Racing Mysteries. He has also published a book of poetry. This is his first novel. McEvoy and his wife Judy live in Evanston, IL.