Blind Switch
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Published: August 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781590580950
Subjects: Mystery fiction; Fiction; Fiction - Mystery/ Detective; Mystery/Suspense; Mystery & Detective - General; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
First sentence: Jack Doyle became a fixer of horse races shortly after his fortieth birthday when he realized, with a thumping finality, that Life sure as hell did have his Number and was crunching it.
Description: In an attempt to put his life back together, Jack Doyle accepts an offer from a mob-connected acquaintance to fix a horse race, only to find himself working for the feds to stop a scheme to kill thoroughbred horses for their insurance value.