Saddled with Trouble (A Horse Lover's Mystery) [Paperback]

Michele Scott (Author)

Book Description

Series: A Horse Lover's Mystery | Publication Date: December 5, 2006

A series of a different color: the first Horse Lover's mystery.

Quarter horse trainer Michaela Bancroft's husband is divorcing her for a 22 year-old beauty. Stunned, Michaela is trying to rein in her life when she finds her Uncle Lou murdered. And when she's nearly run off the road, she suspects she's on the fast track to being the next victim.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Michele Scott is the author of the bestselling Wine Lover’s Mystery Series and The Michaela Bancroft series, as well as the besetselling women's fiction title Happy Hour. She lives in San Diego, California with her husband and three kids, their dogs, cats, and horses. To learn more about the author and her work, please visit her site at http://www.michelescott.com. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (December 5, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425212904
• ISBN-13: 978-0425212905
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 3.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,176,125 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I grew up knowing I wanted to be a writer. I'm very close to my family and friends and I love being around them. I also enjoy talking with and being around other writers because writing can be isolating.

The other passion in my life are my horses. They nourish the soul and in many ways keep me sane. It's a busy life. I have three kids, write full time, manage the house and sprinkle in a few more responsibilities in there and some sanity (or equine therapy) is needed.

I write books that I hope make people laugh a little, escape from the stress of day to day life and hopefully they feel a connection to my characters.

Something kind of funny and ironic about me is that I don't know how to type. I hunt and peck, so my first drafts have tons of mistakes. I really wish I'd taken typing in school.

I love to cook, but hate to clean--but love a clean house, so every Saturday I spend my day cleaning house. I'm a creative cook and can never create the same recipe twice and this makes it hard for me to get down the recipes in The Wine Lover's Mysteries just so.

Being a writer as a career is a very hard job. It takes a lot of patience, tenacity, a willingness to hear others say you suck, and a certain kind of masochistic personality because as I just pointed out--it's not easy. However, writing for me is like breathing. It's my life, like my family and my animals. It's who I am. It's my hope to connect with others through my writing. I hope I connect with you!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great new horse lovers mystery series, February 2, 2007

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Dawn Dowdle "Mystery Lovers Corner reviewer" (Lynchburg, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Saddled with Trouble (A Horse Lover's Mystery) (Paperback)

Michaela Bancroft is a horse trainer in California. Her husband is divorcing her for a younger woman with whom he had an affair. To top it all off, Michaela finds her Uncle Lou murdered when he didn't show up for their breakfast meeting. Who could have done such a thing?

Soon Michaela is embroiled in finding the killer. Plus her aunt asks her to look into a problem with the artificial insemination program her uncle was running for horses.

Michaela isn't sure who to trust any more. The more she looks into things, the more she realizes who had possible motives.

Her father has gotten himself into big trouble with gambling. Michaela works to help him get out of trouble without losing the family ranch.

Can she figure out who killed her uncle without putting herself in danger?

I really enjoyed this book. You don't have to be a horse lover to enjoy it. It is so well written. It is a great cozy and you'll find yourself picking it back up constantly to finish it.

There are so many wonderful red herrings that it will keep you guessing until the end. Terrific plot and characters really add to the reading experience. I highly recommend this book.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What do horses have to do with it?, November 24, 2007

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Nancy Canu (Staten Island, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Saddled with Trouble (A Horse Lover's Mystery) (Paperback)

The horses in this book are just window dressing, which was disappointing. Early on, the author makes a big deal out of the heroine's young stud colt, and then the horse isn't mentioned again. The heroine also feeds dry bran to said stud colt after he colics - on her vet's advice. If you are not a horseperson, then I'm not going to explain the absolute stupidity of doing something like that, trust me, no one running a breeding/training facility would be that ignorant. That said, the plot was OK, but real horse knowledge seems to be lacking on the author's part. Maybe she should stick to wine-themed mysteries?

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Much Ado About Horses, September 22, 2007

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Mare "mystery reader" (Nebraska) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Saddled with Trouble (A Horse Lover's Mystery) (Paperback)

I expected a good read with a lot of horse stuff thrown in, but was disappointed. I felt the characters weren't properly introduced either--characterization was needed before the poorly written plot. There has to be better mystery horse stories out there--this isn't one of them.