{"product_id":"riders-down-john-mcevoy-9781590582596","title":"Riders Down","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo one really notices that a fix may be in until Matt O'Connor, a Chicago-based columnist for a national racing newspaper, gets a call from Moe Kellman, a horse-owning acquaintance. Kellman's question for Matt: Was the death of ninety-two-year-old Bernard Glockner, Chicago's oldest active bookmaker, suicide or murder? Glockner was Kellman's late uncle and Kellman--a man not unfamiliar with the Chicago mob, wants Matt to check it out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatt quickly comes to believe that the fate of the bookie is tied to a series of races whose outcomes have been manipulated. His quest is aided by horse trainer Maggie Collins and Dave Zimmer, a professional gambler known as \"The Fount\" for his reputation as an encyclopedic source of information. Eventually, going as far afield as Las Vegas and Madison, Wisconsin, they fix their sights on a brilliant sociopath. But why would this psycho have plotted a race-fixing scheme?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpiced with the kind of lively language that marked \u003cem\u003eBlind Switch\u003c\/em\u003e, the author's debut novel (2004), \u003cem\u003eRiders Down\u003c\/em\u003e offers striking insights into the world of horse racing and the possibilities of its corruption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John McEvoy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1590582594\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590582596\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Poisoned Pen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.08w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"John McEvoy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48518924927231,"sku":"9781590582596","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9240f972-3bd5-42fc-9ffd-c7360b602760.jpg?v=1778736178","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/riders-down-john-mcevoy-9781590582596","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}