Stalking Horse [Audio Cassette]

Bill Shoemaker (Author), Bruce Boxleitner (Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1994

When a race-fixing scandal gets him barred from the track, a premier jockey loses his job and his girlfriend. 2 cassettes.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Former jockey Shoemaker's debut is an assured and entertaining thriller about a professional horseracing syndicate plagued by corruption.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Booklist

From the clunky steel horseshoe on the cover, which bears scant resemblance to a racing plate, through the suggestion that Saratoga races in the winter, there are numerous signs here suggesting that first-time author Shoemaker, the world's winningest jockey, didn't have complete artistic control over this racetrack mystery. Regardless, it's a first-class thriller. Banned rider Coley Killebrew is enlisted by the man who ruined his career to help stop an underworld takeover of one of the nation's great tracks. The assignment takes him to Louisiana's Magnolia Park, where he insinuates himself into a milieu of fast horses, even faster women, and a dangerous array of unsavory characters presided over by corrupt aristocrat Remy Courville. The pace quickens as the murders mount, culminating in a cataclysmic finish played out in the midst of suitably horrific hurricane. For sheer excitement, Shoemaker's initial foray into fiction ranks very near the top of a crowded genre. Dennis Dodge --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Dove Entertainment Inc (January 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787100250
• ISBN-13: 978-0787100254
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,075,815 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a great mystery!!, March 26, 1999

By 

[e-mail] (Washington, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stalking Horse (Mass Market Paperback)

I had been looking for a good mystery and I found it. This book was very well written and it centers around horse racing much better than Dick Francis' books do. I love racing and mysteries. Shoemaker knows exactly what he's taking about and makes you feel like you're really there. Overall I loved it.