Triple Cross - Softcover

Ehrman, Kit

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590584783 ISBN 13: 9781590584781

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press, 2007

Synopsis

Praise for Triple Cross... "There is plenty of action here, all set against the excitement and pageantry of the build-up to America's greatest horse race." -Booklist "[Triple Cross] unfolds with a clocker's precision while deftly capturing the city, the track, and its thoroughbred stars." -Blue Ribbon Books Barn manager Steve Cline has enrolled in a private investigation course and is working on the final project. But when his father, trainer Chris Kessler, offers him a two-week, all-expense-paid vacation in Louisville, how can he refuse? Except, it isn't really a vacation. Kessler has a Derby runner and needs a reliable fill-in for an injured employee. The workload is light, so Steve decides to get that class project out of the way-a simple records search. But initiating the project triggers a chance encounter that plunges Steve into the world of the ultra rich, where greed, revenge, and ambition drive some men to commit unspeakable acts amid the pageantry and glamour of thoroughbred racing. From the security of the backside to the Derby festivities that transform downtown Louisville into Party Central to an opulent Lexington horse farm, Steve tries to stop a murderer before a power play ends in shattered dreams and a bloody triple cross.... Kit Ehrman has worked as a groom, veterinary assistant, and barn manager at numerous horse facilities in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Kit's novel Cold Burn was an IPPY Award finalist. www.kitehrman.com

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Review

"At the start of Ehrman's engaging fourth outing for barn manager Steve Cline (after 2005's Cold Burn), Steve visits Louisville for the Kentucky Derby, courtesy of his newly found biological father, trainer Chris Kessler, who yearns to have his talented son work full-time. But Steve, who lives in Maryland, is considering getting a PI license and uses the time in Louisville to complete a class assignment: find out all you can about someone. He chooses as his research subject Nicole Austin, a Churchill Downs employee he met only once. When Nicole's corpse turns up, Steve quickly becomes the primary suspect. While working to clear his name, Steve is invited into the rarefied world of wealthy racehorse owners by Rudi Sturgill, a cheerful playboy who may be the killer. Though Ehrman has yet to master the tightly focused plotting of jockey-turned-author Dick Francis, equine-minded readers will enjoy his capable, savvy young protagonist and authentic depiction of the gritty world of horse racing. (Jan.)" --Publishers Weekly

"Ehrman, Kit. Triple Cross. Jan. 2007. 336p. Poisoned Pen, $24.95 (1-59058-302-7).
When Steve Cline accepts his horse trainer fathers invitation to spend two weeks at Churchill Downs as one of two caregivers for Kentucky Derby contender Gallant Storm, he looks forward to an idyllic respite from his normal duties as a barn manager in Maryland. Cline wouldnt be in his fourth crime mystery at the tender age of 23 if he werent a magnet for trouble, however, and within days of arriving in Louisville, he has befriended a young woman who soon turns up dead. Quickly, Cline has become the target of both the police and a couple of thugs bent on mayhem. His attempts to find out why the young woman was killed lead him deep into the exclusive world of Bluegrass bluebloods, where he becomes increasingly at risk as he gets closer to uncovering a shameful secret. There is plenty of action here, all set against the excitement and pageantry of the build-up to Americas greatest horse race. Neither race fans nor devotees of suspense will be disappointed." --Booklist

"Ehrman, Kit. Triple Cross. Poisoned Pen. Jan. 2007. c.336p. ISBN 1-59058-302-7 [ISBN 978-1-59058-302-9]. $24.95.This is the fourth book in Ehrman's (At Risk) Steve Cline series. Twenty-three-year-old Steve, supposedly on a two-week paid vacation in Louisville, KY, is actually working. His racehorse trainer father has asked him to muck out stalls and feed the horses he has entered in the Kentucky Derby. Steve soon discovers that managing the barn leaves him time to do
some homework for a private investigations course he is taking. Then the subject he picks to investigate turns up dead, and Steve becomes a suspect. At the same time, he is pursued by various people who do him bodily harm. Sound familiar? It is no coincidence that Ehrman's books resemble those of Dick Francis. Ehrman admits it was reading Francis's In the Fame that influenced her to switch from a lucrative government job to barn manager at a horse farm and writer of equine mysteries. Like Francis's protagonists, Ehrma

""Ehrman, Kit. Triple Cross. Poisoned Pen. Jan. 2007. c.336p. ISBN 1-59058-302-7 [ISBN 978-1-59058-302-9]. $24.95.This is the fourth book in Ehrman's (At Risk) Steve Cline series. Twenty-three-year-old Steve, supposedly on a two-week paid vacation in Louisville, KY, is actually working. His racehorse trainer father has asked him to muck out stalls and feed the horses he has entered in the Kentucky Derby. Steve soon discovers that managing the barn leaves him time to do
some homework for a private investigations course he is taking. Then the subject he picks to investigate turns up dead, and Steve becomes a suspect. At the same time, he is pursued by various people who do him bodily harm. Sound familiar? It is no coincidence that Ehrman's books resemble those of Dick Francis. Ehrman admits it was reading Francis's In the Fame that influenced her to switch from a lucrative government job to barn manager at a horse farm and writer of equine mysteries. Like Francis's protagonists, Ehrman's Steve Cline is tough, intelligent, loves horses, and is curious about people and their complex motivations. Highly recommended for all public libraries.-Patsy E. Gray, Huntsville P.L., AL"" --Library Journal

About the Author

Cold Burn is the third book in the Steve Cline mystery series, starting with At Risk and Dead Man's Touch.

About this edition

• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1590584783
• ISBN 13: 9781590584781
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 338