John McEvoy, Author . Poisoned Pen $24.95 (278p) ISBN 978-1-59058-095-0
This accomplished first novel set in the world of horse racing is bound to be compared to the novels of Dick Francis, though McEvoy may be a little broader and perhaps sunnier than Francis. Unemployed ad man Jack Doyle—so appealing he might be
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John McEvoy, Author . Poisoned Pen $24.95 (254p) ISBN 978-1-59058-258-9
The death of 98-year-old Chicago bookie Bernie Glockner is ruled a suicide at the start of McEvoy's fine second horse-racing mystery (after 2004's Blind Switch
), but Glockner's nephew, mob-connected Moe Kellman, knows better and asks...
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John McEvoy, Author Eclipse Press $24.95 (264p) ISBN 978-1-58150-052-3
Did the IRA steal Shergar, Europe's most famous racehorse? Is he dead, or living a life of quiet obscurity in the Irish countryside? Did jockey Ron Hansen accused but never found guilty of race fixing jump off the San Mateo bridge, or was he pushed...
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John McEvoy, Author . Poisoned Pen $24.95 (276p) ISBN 978-1-59058-715-7
In McEvoy's fine fourth horse racing mystery (after 2008's Close Call
), FBI agents persuade reluctant sleuth Jack Doyle to work undercover for a Chicago trainer to discover the culprits fixing races by “sponging” the favorite,
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John McEvoy. Poisoned Pen, $24.95 (296p) ISBN 978-1-4642-0015-1
Near the start of McEvoy’s solid fifth Jack Doyle mystery (after 2010’s The Significant Seven), an Irish friend persuades Doyle, who’s “between assignments,” to become the agent for Mickey Sheehan, an Irish jockey soon to arrive in Chicago, who’s “[j
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John McEvoy. Poisoned Pen, $24.95 (290p) ISBN 978-1-4642-0276-6
Jack Doyle has a knack for ferreting out dangerous situations, as shown in McEvoy’s appealing fifth mystery featuring the Chicago-based ex-boxer and horse racing enthusiast (after 2012’s Photo Finish). Retired race horses are often donated to vet...
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