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c2012., Adult, Michael Joseph Call No: MYS Fic Fra Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: When race caller and television presenter Mark Shillingford calls a race in which his twin sister, Clare, an accomplished and successful jockey, comes in third when she could have won, he believes the worst: that she lost on purpose, and the race was fixed. That night, Mark confronts Clare with his suspicions, she storms off after an argument-- and it's the last time Mark sees her alive. Hours later, Clare jumps to her death from the balcony of a London hotel; or so it seems. Devastated and guilty over her death, Mark goes in search of answers. What had led Clare to take her own life? Or was it not suicide at all?.
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c2015., Adult, Bond Street Books Call No: Fic McL Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Brought to Kenya as a small child and then abandoned by her mother, Beryl is raised both by her father--a racehorse trainer--and the native Kipsigis tribe on her father's land. Her unconventional upbringing transforms her into a daring young woman, with a love of all things wild, but everything she knows and trusts dissolves when her father's farm goes bankrupt. Reeling from the scandal and heartbreak, Beryl is catapulted into a disastrous marriage at the age of 16. Finally she makes the courageous decision to break free, forging her own path as a horse trainer and shocking high society in the process. The British colony has never seen a woman as determined and fiery as Beryl. Before long, she catches the eye of the fascinating and bohemian Happy Valley set, including writer Karen Blixen and her lover Denys Finch Hatton, who will later be immortalized in Blixen's memoir, Out of Africa. The three become embroiled in a complex triangle that changes the course of Beryl's life, setting tragedy in motion while awakening her to her truest self and her fate: to fly.
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1992., G.K. Hall Call No: LP Fic Fra Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: G.K. Hall large print book series.
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2014., Michael Joseph Call No: MYS Fic Fra Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Undercover investigator Jeff Hinkley is assigned by the British Horseracing Authority to look into the activities of a suspicious racehorse trainer, but as he's tailing his quarry through the Cheltenham Racing Festival, the last thing he expects to witness is a gruesome murder. Could it have something to do with the reason the trainer was banned in the first place--the administration of illegal drugs to his horses? Then many more horses test positive for prohibited stimulants, and someone starts making demands, threatening to completely destroy the integrity of the racing industry. In order to limit the damage to the sport, it's critical that Jeff find the perpetrator . . . but he'll soon learn he's up against someone who will stop at nothing to prevail."--
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2015., Severn House Publishers Edition: eBook ed. Connect to the eBook title Series Title: Harry Radcliffe mystery series Volume: book 1.Summary Note: Recuperating after a serious accident, not knowing if heœll ever ride again, champion jump jockey and racing columnist Harry Radcliffe accepts a commission to ghost-write the autobiography of retiring racehorse trainer Elspeth Maudsley. But as he begins to research her family history, it becomes increasingly clear to Harry that there are things Elspeth isnœt telling him about her past. Whatœs more, a series of threatening incidents, escalating in menace and intensity, begins to convince Harry that someone is determined to stop him writing this book whatever it takes.And Harry is about to uncover secrets in his own familyœs past too. Secrets that will shake him to his core and ensure that he can never feel certain about anything again.
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By Paige, Robin2001., Berkley Prime Crime Call No: MYS Fic Pai Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
