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"It's easy to see why Parker's snappy banter and cynical eye have kept fans turning pages for 25 years . . . his wisecracks, combined with Parker's shorthand flair for scathing characterization, make for a satisfying read," said Entertainment Weekly of last year's Hush Money. Now Parker presents Spenser with a deceptively dangerous and multi-layered case: Someone has been killing racehorses at stables across the south, and the Boston...
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"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres and the New York Times best-selling Last Hundred Years Trilogy, a captivating, brilliantly imaginative story of three extraordinary animals--and a young boy--whose lives intersect in Paris Paras is a spirited racehorse at a racetrack west of Paris. At dusk, one afternoon she pushes open the door of her stall--she's a curious filly--and, after traveling through the night, arrives by chance...
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"A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history. Kentucky, 1850. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young...
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In the early 1970s, trainer Tommy Hansel attempts a horse racing scam at a small, backwoods track in West Virginia, but nothing goes according to his plan when the horses refuse to cooperate and nearly everyone at the track seems to know his scheme.
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Harper Perennial
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©2010
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Left homeless by the death of his father, fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson sets off with a racehorse, Lean on Pete, on a perilous trek from Portland, Oregon to Wyoming to find a distant aunt, hoping to regain stability in his life.
11) Glory in danger
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Thoroughbred volume 16
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HarperPaperbacks
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©1996
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Glory, Cindy Blake's champion thoroughbred, tests positive for dangerous drugs and is disqualified from the race. Cindy fears that someone wants to put an end to Glory's career and must find out who's trying to hurt Glory.
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Thoroughbred volume 58
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HarperEntertainment
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©2003
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English
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Having failed to place in the Kentucky Derby, Christina and her horse Wonder's Star are hoping to win the Preakness, yet still have time for Christina's high school graduation activities.
13) Down to the wire
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Thoroughbred volume 38
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HarperEntertainment
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©1999
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If Star doesn't place in his first two races, he'll be sent back to Townsend Acres forever; Star has what it takes to win, but Ashleigh hopes her daughter Christina is up to the challenge.
14) Legends Lake
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Irish Castlelough trilogy volume 3
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Pocket Books
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2001
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In the exclusive world of horse racing, Alec MacKenna is known as a hardheaded trainer who cares more for an animal's welfare than the financial bottom line. After a public altercation with a callous owner leaves his career on the brink of ruin, Alec's only chance for redemption is Legends Lake, a thoroughbred with Triple Crown potential and a dangerous problem that could end both of their careers. Alec escorts the colt from the bluegrass hills of...
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