{"product_id":"dark-horse-9780449905975","title":"Dark Horse","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorld-famous jockey-turned-mystery writer Bill Shoemaker is back in the winners circle with his newest racing mystery. In Dark Horse  Shoemaker thrusts his amateur sleuth  Coley Killebrew  into the toughest  tensest case of his career--a case that begins and ends with the Triple Crown  the most famous and lucrative trio of races in the thoroughbred business. At the behest of his gorgeous fiance Lea Starbuck  Coley jets off to observe the season get underway at the Kentucky Derby. But hes barely on the ground before he learns that prize race horses confiscated in drug busts are being undervalued and sold at auction. And no less a personage than Jim Carmody  a ruthless billionaire and arch-conservative powermonger  is involved. Carmody blows his stack when his filly  For Cupids Sake  loses the Derby. But after an upset at the Preakness  Coley suspects that Carmodys passion for racing is a cover for a far deeper game--a game whose other players include the Drug Enforcement Administration  vicious South American drug lords  and the CIA. As For Cupids Sake streaks across the finish line at Belmont  the whole unbelievable truth comes out--but even a last minute victory may not be enough to recoup Carmodys investment  or save Lea Starbucks life. . . . In Dark Horse  Bill Shoemaker sets an ingenious timebomb of a plot ticking against the glamorous  dangerous world of thoroughbred racing. The behind-the-scenes deal-cutting  the jockeys and trainers  the beautiful women  the priceless horses  the desperation to finish first at any price  and  of course  the coveted prize of the Triple Crown--its all here  re-created with the flair and mastery of a true insider.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276986638389,"sku":"ByrdShop_0449905977","price":65.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780449905975.jpg?v=1780568723","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/dark-horse-9780449905975","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}