Murder at the Racetrack: Original Tales of Mystery and Mayhem Down the Final Stretch from Today's Great Writers - Hardcover

Penzler, Otto

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0892960183 ISBN 13: 9780892960187

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

Lawrence Block, in Keller by a Nose," asks what obsession holds more hazards than betting on the ponies. The answer will surprise you...Max Allan Collins's "That Kind of Nag" proves that it's bad to play the wrong horse, but worse to pick the wrong woman..."The Great, the Good and the Not-So-Good" by H.R.F. Keating warns against old English ladies at the racecourse...Joyce Carol Oates shows how a young woman teams to trust a prize stallion more than her violent lover in "Meadowlands..".and Scott Wolven's "Pinwheel" offers a Japanese lesson in flying horses and honor among thieves."--BOOK JACKET.

About this title

Book Description:

* A collection of original stories centring around horseracing, from some of today's great writers.

From the Back Cover:

An anthology of 13 racetrack mysteries containing original short stories, centered on horseracing, by the following authors: Joyce Carol Oates, H R F Keating, John Lescroart, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Lawrence Block, Ken Bruen, Jan Burke, Max allen Collins, Thomas H Cook, Pat Jordan, Michael Malone, Michele Martinez, Julie Smith and Scott Wolven.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0892960183
• ISBN 13: 9780892960187
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384