Dead Man's Touch

Steve Cline Mysteries, Book 2

De: Kit Ehrman

Narrado por: Blair Garner

Steve Cline thought surviving his first investigation was the hardest thing he’d ever face. He was wrong.

Still reeling from the physical and psychological fallout of At Risk, Steve is thrown into turmoil when his estranged father dies suddenly—and he learns a devastating truth: the man being laid to rest was never his biological father. His real father is Christopher J. Kessler, a respected Thoroughbred trainer on the Maryland circuit.

Drawn to the racetrack in search of answers, Steve slips into the hidden world known as the backside—the grueling, insular domain of trainers, grooms, and magnificent horses. When Kessler’s most promising runners show signs of being drugged, Steve agrees to work undercover as a lowly hotwalker to find out who’s behind the dopings.

What begins as a search for identity turns deadly. As Steve navigates oppressive summer heat, punishing labor, and a culture built on silence and loyalty, his investigation leads to corruption, betrayal—and murder. On the backside, ambition is ruthless, innocence is expendable, and some men will do anything to get the right horse under the wire first.

Dead Man’s Touch is the second book in the Steve Cline Mystery Series, praised for its authenticity and insider detail. Steve leaves the racetrack changed—and unaware that the next mystery will ignite consequences he can’t control.

©2010 Kit Ehrman (P)2024 Kit Ehrman

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Dick Francis fans rejoice." ~The Denver Post

“Ehrman, who gave us the well-received At Risk, has produced a second solid, diverting and apparently authentic equine mystery. Along the way we get enough details of the hard, smelly, underpaid life in that part of racing called--not without humor--the backside to make up for several screenings of Seabiscuit.” ~ The Chicago Tribune

"In true Francis tradition, Steve takes plenty of physical punishment as a sleuth. But his undercover role also gives him the inside track on life as it's lived on the backside, a grueling, even squalid existence that pays off in the chance to get close to the magnificent animals that have more character and heart than the two-footed fools who view them as a commodity." ~ Marilyn Stasio, NY Times