{"product_id":"sacred-seventh-peter-bell-9780648871712","title":"Sacred Seventh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if your worst decision became someone else's second chance?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrisbane, 1992. Engineer Michael Whelan is devastated by one problem he can't fix: he's 'the issue', according to the IVF doctors. An experimental surgery in San Diego might give him and his wife, Daniela, a child, but the cost is out of their reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWidowed TAB owner Hazel Andrews is drowning in her late husband's debts and his mate Craig's creative accounting. All she really owns is a tired suburban betting shop and twenty thousand dollars in cash hidden off the books, while the bank closes in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn an ordinary weekday, Michael walks into Hazel's TAB with a shotgun. Inside, he confronts Hazel; Charlie, a corporate lawyer avoiding his own mess; Angus, an ex-con who knows too much about fixing horse races; and Claire, an exhausted, struck-off doctor looking for a few minutes' reprieve from the bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tip on a country race that's not 'running straight' offers them a way out. The five of them make a pact to back one horse in the seventh at Alice Springs - and never speak of it again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears later, the fallout ripples through marriages, jail-time, hospital wards and racetracks. Eventually, they all must decide what matters more: the stories they've told themselves to live with what happened, or the truth about the dirty money that could change everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Bell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0648871711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780648871712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Bell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.37d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndieReader\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/28\/2026","brand":"Peter Bell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852687519999,"sku":"9780648871712","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sacred-seventh-peter-bell-9780648871712","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}