Horse Racing Mysteries

Great Horse Racing Mysteries digs beneath the surface of some of the sport's most intriguing cases.

Steven Scott is relatively new to horses. A successful, wealthy inventor, he takes up horse racing as a hobby - a hobby that soon brings him winner after winner under the inspired guidance of his trainer, Jody Leeds. Currently both their reputations are wrapped up in a beautiful black hurdler named Energise. But just when Steven is winning at both women and horses, he discovers deceit in his own stables. Termination of the troublemaker marks Steven for his own termination - and much sooner than he can imagine...

Jockey Kelly Hughes and trainer Dexter Cranfield have been barred from racing - a devastating event for them both. The charge at the secret enquiry? Throwing a race for personal profit. It is a vicious frame-up and, worse, they have nowhere to turn to clear their names. Still Hughes refuses to take the phony verdict lying down - even though his personal enquiry might have him lying down permanently...

"A fast-paced story that will have mystery fans and horse lovers thoroughly captivated." (Reader's Favorite) When Patrick McCallin's beloved horse vanishes from his stall in the dark of night, the jockey is thrust into a mystery that is inspired by the real-life kidnapping of the Irish Racehorse Shergar. Patrick is a young lad growing up in 1980s Ireland, where the political unrest of The Troubles hangs heavily in the air. Despite the chaos that surrounds him, all Patrick can think of is becoming a jockey. When he is selected to ride an up-and-coming Thoroughbred, named Fionn MacCool, in ...

Jessica barely knows one end of a horse from the other. She's the last woman her sexy new boss needs...but will she turn into the only one he really wants? Reader Views Literary Awards Finalist Best Romance Mark Russell never expected his rookie groom to have the spunk or savvy to last at his demanding race barn. Or that his reluctant respect would turn to a growing desire. But as the forbidden attraction between them sizzles, manipulation and murder threaten not only his horses but also their lives. And suddenly a championship race is the very least of his worries.

Paranormal investigator Wyatt Thomas treks into the dangerous Honey Island Swamp in search of a forbidden convent where all the sisters are vampires When French Quarter detective Wyatt Thomas is awakened from a dark dream by his cat Kisses, he witnesses an eerie funeral procession from the balcony of his Chartres Street apartment. Riding in the limousine ahead of a hearse is his former lover, Desire Vallee - the first time he’s seen her since she became a nun and entered a convent. Desire’s skin is ashen, her once dark hair now ghostly white. He's left with a single clue. Is Desire in ...

Jeff Frazier is a racehorse trainer whose dream is about to come true. He has a thoroughbred with the talent and the ability to compete in some of the most prestigious races in the country. When the colt becomes the catalyst for murder, however, Jeff's dream becomes a nightmare. . A well-known jockey is killed and an innocent man is arrested. The fate of three families depends on finding the truth but with the trial date closing in, the killer's identity remains a mystery. In the close-knit community, however, some believe they have the answer and decide to dispense their own form of ...

Aeronautics legend Karl Schuler is murdered on a quiet expressway in the early hours of New Year’s Day, in what looks like a gang hit. Detective James Ruiz and his wife Reyna witness the shooting, and James Ruiz hears the man’s strange dying words. San Jose Homicide detective Mario Flores interviews the couple and begins the search for the man’s killer.

A BRITISH HORSERACING THRILLER Ben Ramsden is a racehorse syndicate manager and someone is trying to buy up all the shares in his potentially top-class racehorse 'The Ghost Machine'. What's worse, it looks like the people behind the plot to wrestle 'The Ghost' from his syndicate will stop at nothing to secure all the shares. One by one, the shares are acquired and soon the remaining syndicate members have a tough decision to make when the shadowy group behind the ownership coup makes its true intentions known. Set in England, the story follows the elation, disappointment, intrigue, and ...

A schoolgirl pays a visit to Sherlock Holmes. She has discovered a dead body. Dr. Watson does not believe her, but Holmes does and asks her to take him to the corpse. She leads the two of them to a place where unspeakable evil is present. What Sherlock Holmes learns there leads him to the hills of Berkshire and the ghostly white chalk horse that the superstitious people of the town believe is the Pale Horse of Death from the Book of Revelation. Another local resident dies, and Holmes connects the dots. They lead directly to the great horse race at the Derby and the millions of pounds that ...

She'd rather die than be the center of attention...that may happen. Becky Rivers yearns for a loving family and carves out a home as companion-nurse to an aging Texas matriarch with more opinions than horses. Bruised by years of neglectful foster care, Becky avoids the limelight but is forced to team up with a charismatic horse trainer in order to salvage her employer's venerable race stable. Soon she is caught between a murderer and a ruthless saboteur...and her only ally is a man she isn't sure she can trust.

In what has been deemed perhaps the "Greatest Horse Racing Novel Ever Written" Favored to Win has garnered fans all over the world. First published in 2000, popularity of Favored to Win spawned the Winning Odds Series. Fans wanted more of Ben and Dawn and Tom and Randy and all of the other lovable and quirky characters at Meg's Meadows and Nottingham Downs. They wanted more of the way horse racing should be. When it all began, Dawn never meant to hurt anyone. She never meant to live a lie; she never meant to fall in love. Sometimes things just happen. As the mysteries and excitement of ...

A classic mystery in the style of Chandler & Hammett with a modern twist...and Derby hats. One month before the Kentucky Derby, a wealthy thoroughbred owner turns up dead. Can his widow solve the crime in time to save her prized racehorse? When she hires private detective Cal Tyson to investigate, they find big money holds a strong influence on the horse-racing industry. Several key players may have wanted Sterling Halcott dead, but why? And how far are they willing to go to protect their interests? Cal Tyson and the widow Harper Halcott must navigate mansions, parties, wealth, power, ...

A lawyer and amateur jockey is torn between doing what’s right and what will keep him alive in this New York Times bestselling thriller from Dick and Felix Francis. Geoffrey Mason wasn’t terribly disappointed when his client Julian Trent was found guilty. Despite being paid handsomely as...

With a new season about to start, Mike Cannon has his focus on Cheltenham, in five months time; a horse he has high hopes for needs to race and win in order to be ready for the festival. He is looking forward to a good year when suddenly he finds himself facing a number of unexpected problems, both personal and professional, including the tax man looking for money he doesn't have, the potential retirement of his long time assistant and an uncomfortable relationship between his star apprentice and her Dutch boyfriend. The Ayrshire police need help after the head of a racehorse once trained ...

When private detective Frank Rozzani reluctantly agrees to a trip from Jacksonville to Saratoga Springs with his fiancée Nancy, his loyal dog Lucy, and his jazz-playing partner Jonesy, he expects little more than horses, old friends, and too much bourbon. But Saratoga’s racetrack has always been called the “Graveyard of Champions,” and when a Triple Crown winner named Majestic Thunder arrives for the Travers Stakes, the quiet vacation quickly spirals into something darker. Ghosts of Frank’s past mingle with whispers of sabotage, and what should be a week of rest becomes a test of ...

Lady Dunbridge was not about to let a little thing like the death of her husband ruin her social life. She’s come to New York City, ready to take the dazzling world of Gilded Age Manhattan by storm. The social events of the summer have been amusing, but Lady Phil is searching for more excitement - and she finds it, when an early morning visitor arrives begging for her help. After all, Lady Phil has been known to be useful in a crisis. Especially when the crisis involves the untimely death of a handsome, young business tycoon.

Cheltenham : The Champion Hurdle, the race that Mike Cannon has set his sights on winning, despite his horse White Noise being a relative long shot. Everything seems to be on track until Cannon is asked to help with what appears to be a simple matter... But not everything is as it looks. With other races still needing to be run and his stable to be managed, Cannon looks to the future, wondering if it's time to bring in new blood... Before he can make any decision, he is thrust into another mystery, one that could ultimately derail his plan for White Noise. Cannon is faced with Theft, Kidnap...

The hilarious sequel to Rick Reilly’s beloved bestselling golf novel Missing Links Life is going pretty well for Raymond “Stick” Hart. He’s happily married to the former Ponkaquogue Municipal Golf Club assistant pro, the beauteous Cajun firecracker Dannie, raising his rambunctious son...

The ghost said only two words: Save him. Cassie Leigh didn’t believe in curses until she saw the woman in white standing in Ravenwood’s fog-shrouded barn—translucent, desperate, smelling of lavender and grief. She came to Kentucky chasing a story about haunted horse farms and spectral stallions. What she found was far more dangerous. She found Nate Ravenwood. Six years ago, Cassie left him for a Chicago newsroom and a byline that mattered more than love. Now that career is ashes, and she’s back in Hollowridge with nothing but her typewriter and the bitter knowledge that she chose ...