The Significant Seven (Jack Doyle Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (575 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1590587154 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 286 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Dick Francis--Move Over Joan Colby "The Significant Seven" is John McEvoy's third racing mystery featuring his iconoclastic hero Jack Doyle. Doyle was introduced in McEvoy's first book "Blind Switch" and returned in "Close Call" where he helped save a struggling racetrack from extinction. Now he's back recruited to go undercover at the track to discover who is sponging horses to fix races.An alternate plot follows the fortunes of seven college friends who hit a big Pick Six at Saratoga and used their lucre to enable a lifelong dream of racehorse ownership. The guys luck out again purchasing a horse they name The Badger Express who goes on to win over $3 million for their . Kirk Borland said A galloping good read. McEvoy is a demonstrated master at conjuring up some of the most interesting and amusing characters that ever populated a race track. But this outing is perhaps the best both in development of the multiple mysteries secreted throughout the pages AND based on the fascinating intricacies of the racing world that abound in every chapter. And special mention must go to the creatively clever ways in which the author chooses to dispose of characters.. "Educational thriller" according to Russell Bauder. Few books are both educational and thrilling. This one has both qualities. The reader can learn much about the horse racing racket (er, business) -- particularly, how races are fixed. And then the reader can get absorbed in a crackin' good mystery murder that ends with some real surprises. Highly recommended.
Interwoven is the feel-good story of the Significant Seven—seven middle-aged friends who parlayed a huge pari-mutuel win into a small but successful racing syndicate thanks to the racing and stud career of a horse named the Badger Express. When Jack becomes suspicious about their deaths, he also becomes a target. Seven years after their initial win, a pair of trained killers, both ex-navy SEALs, begin systematically eliminating the syndicate members. McEvoy is a racing expert whose knowledge permeates the pages, and, like any good tout, he's full of amusing stories about horses, bettors, and trackmen. All rights reserved. (Apr.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. . From Publishers Weekly In McEvoy's fine fourth horse racing mystery (after 2008's Close Call), FBI agents persuade reluctant sle
Jack Doyle, as always irreverent, observant, opinionated, sometimes mistaken but always persistent, eventually manages to find answers to the questions of who is fixing the races and who is having members of the Significant Seven killed off.. They begin dying, one by one. Jack Doyle returns to the race track, volunteering to aid FBI agents in a search for criminals fixing races. They subsequently use some of those profits to buy race horses, one of which, The Badger Express, turns out to be a sensational runner, stallion, and money maker. Doyle then becomes involved in protecting Rene Rison, the favored daughter of the Significant Seven’s leader Arnie Rison. Seven lifelong friends and racing fans from their student days at the University of Wisconsin strike it lucky at Saratoga Race