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Murder at the Racecourse

Author : Berjis Desai

Publisher : Shree Book Centre

Page : 238 pages

File Size : 16,21 MB

Release : 2024-08-11

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9395453907

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The Derby of Intolerable Suspense: 'Inspector,’ she said, ‘in this place, some experience far greater pleasure in seeing other men’s horses lose rather than see their own horse win!’ Nari Mansukhani, the notorious trainer, is shot dead at the racecourse. His murder triggers a chain of events which spiral out of control and rock the amoral world of horse racing, where fortunes are made or lost in less than 60 seconds. A deadly cocktail of scandal, doping, intrigue and betrayal perplexes the country’s top sleuths.



Arc of Justice

Author : Kevin Boyle

Publisher : Henry Holt and Company

Page : 445 pages

File Size : 13,35 MB

Release : 2007-04-01

Category : History

ISBN : 1429900164

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Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction An electrifying story of the sensational murder trial that divided a city and ignited the civil rights struggle In 1925, Detroit was a smoky swirl of jazz and speakeasies, assembly lines and fistfights. The advent of automobiles had brought workers from around the globe to compete for manufacturing jobs, and tensions often flared with the KKK in ascendance and violence rising. Ossian Sweet, a proud Negro doctor-grandson of a slave-had made the long climb from the ghetto to a home of his own in a previously all-white neighborhood. Yet just after his arrival, a mob gathered outside his house; suddenly, shots rang out: Sweet, or one of his defenders, had accidentally killed one of the whites threatening their lives and homes. And so it began-a chain of events that brought America's greatest attorney, Clarence Darrow, into the fray and transformed Sweet into a controversial symbol of equality. Historian Kevin Boyle weaves the police investigation and courtroom drama of Sweet's murder trial into an unforgettable tapestry of narrative history that documents the volatile America of the 1920s and movingly re-creates the Sweet family's journey from slavery through the Great Migration to the middle class. Ossian Sweet's story, so richly and poignantly captured here, is an epic tale of one man trapped by the battles of his era's changing times.



A Racing Murder

Author : Frances Evesham

Publisher : Boldwood Books Ltd

Page : 253 pages

File Size : 32,98 MB

Release : 2021-06-15

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 180048075X

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The next thrilling Ham-Hill Murder Mystery from bestselling cosy crime author Frances Evesham. A winning horse. A fierce rivalry. A sudden death. Belinda Sandford thrills to the cheers of the crowd as her beautiful grey racehorse, ‘Butterfly Charm’, thunders past the finishing post first at Wincanton Racecourse. She feels like the luckiest girl in the world. But joy soon turns to despair as a stewards’ enquiry overturns the result and awards the race to her long-time rival, Alexandra Deacon. When Alex is found dead in suspicious circumstances, a host of accusing eyes turn to Belinda and her distraught mother begs Adam Hennessy, her neighbour, retired police officer and publican, to help clear her daughter’s name. As Adam, and local hotelier Imogen Bishop, dig deep into the murky and powerful undercurrents of the horse racing world, they lay bare the lives and loves of local jockeys, grooms, trainers and owners. They soon uncover a web of secrets hidden within the spectacular Somerset countryside as they strive to find the killer in time to prevent more murders. A brand new cosy mystery series from the bestselling author of A Village Murder, perfect for fans of Faith Martin, Betty Rowlands and M.C. Beaton. Other Books in the Ham Hill Murder Mystery series by Frances Evesham A Village Murder A Racing Murder A Harvest Murder Also by Frances Evesham - The Exham-on-Sea Murder Mystery Series Murder at the Lighthouse Murder on the Levels Murder on the Tor Murder at the Cathedral Murder at the Bridge Murder at the Castle Murder at the Gorge Murder at the Abbey



A Killing at the Track

Author : Janet Dawson

Publisher : Fawcett Books

Page : 324 pages

File Size : 42,87 MB

Release : 2000

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780449005316

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Investigator Jeri Howard is fascinated by the beautiful horses and the zealous spectators at stylish Edgewater Downs. But behind the scenes, where the owners, trainers, jockeys, and grooms mingle, life is not so pretty. Someone is terrorizing owner-trainer Molly Torrance with sinister phone threats. Who would be so malicious? Jeri's money is on ambitious jockey Benita Pascal, whom Molly recently fired. But what about great horses suddenly losing races? Or the blonde Jeri spies betting a bundle on the longest of long shots? And what about . . . cold-blooded murder? For when death's dark horse hugs the rail, Jeri gallops to find a ruthless killer.



Shot in the Dark

Author : Scott Bainbridge

Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com

Page : 526 pages

File Size : 34,85 MB

Release : 2011-03-04

Category : True Crime

ISBN : 1459613392

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Ten of the most intriguing unsolved New Zealand murders from the Jazz age are reopened and reinvestigated, using modern techniques. A Christchurch publican shot in a crowded pub, an Indian fruiterer beaten to death in Hawera and a trail of destruction left across Waikato and the Bay of Plenty by a mass murderer - these are just some of the fascinating unsolved murders profiled in Shot in the Dark. While the ten cases profiled may sound like very modern crimes, they were all committed in the years between the First and Second World Wars. Scott Bainbridge reopens each case by examining the victims' lives, the events leading up to the crimes, the original police investigations and the conclusions reached by police at the time. He then applies modern investigative techniques to the cases sometimes coming to startling conclusions.



The Atlanta Youth Murders and the Politics of Race

Author : Bernard D. Headley

Publisher : SIU Press

Page : 280 pages

File Size : 27,66 MB

Release : 1998

Category : History

ISBN : 9780809322145

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Between 1979 and 1981 a killer terrorized Atlanta, till Wayne B. Williams was convicted for several of these killings. Examining law enforcment and legal details, Bernard Headley tries to place the details of this event into historical perspective.



Murder in Thrall

Author : Anne Cleeland

Publisher : Kensington Books

Page : 336 pages

File Size : 41,60 MB

Release : 2014

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0758287925

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After a horse trainer is found dead, Acton and Doyle try to find the culprit, a pursuit complicated by the jealousies and blunders of their coworkers.



Race To Death

Author : Leigh Russell

Publisher : Bedford Square Publishers

Page : 326 pages

File Size : 34,27 MB

Release : 2014-05-28

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1843442949

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Second in the new series featuring DI Ian Peterson 'Moments before, he had been enjoying a day out at the races. Now he could be dying.... As he fell a loud wind roared past his ears, indistinguishable from the roar of the crowd. The race was over'. A man plummets to his death during the York Races. Suicide or murder? Newly-promoted DI Ian Peterson is plunged into a complex and high-profile case, and as the body count increases, the pressure mounts for his team to solve the crimes quickly. But the killer is following the investigation far more keenly than Ian realises and time is running out as the case suddenly gets a lot closer to home...