The Dark Side of Town
A Mystery
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
Undercover agent Fia McKee returns in The Dark Side of Town, another thrilling mystery by Sasscer Hill and set in the seamy underbelly of horse racing.
Fia McKee, now officially employed by the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau (TPRB), is sent undercover to Saratoga Racetrack to investigate Mars Pizutti, a racehorse trainer whose horses’ wins are suspiciously lucky—and lucrative. Fia’s bosses believe Pizutti’s success is based on illegal drugs and deceitful methods, and they want Fia to work inside his barn to ferret out the truth.
But after witnessing the tragic and inexplicable suicide of a jockey, Fia discovers the rider’s death is only the tip on an iceberg involving the mob, a crooked racing hedge fund, and threats to the lives of another jockey and his young sister. Fia must find out who’s connected to who, and what shadowy forces are at play before someone else dies.
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Hill's fast-paced sequel to 2017's Flamingo Road takes ex-cop Fia McKee, now working for the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau, to New York's legendary Saratoga Race Course, where she goes undercover as a stable hand to check out trainer Marzio "Mars" Pizzuti. One foggy morning near a training track, Fia hears a gunshot. An apprentice jockey who had just arrived from South America apparently shot himself dead. This inexplicable tragedy adds further urgency to her investigation of Pizzuti. Rumored to have a penchant for doping horses and blackmailing jockeys, Pizzuti is also alleged to have ties to organized crime. When aspiring jockey Stevie Davis is given his big break, but runs afoul of Pizzuti and his business partners, Fia learns that Stevie and his younger sister have been threatened. After another body turns up, it's game on for Fia and Calixto Coyune, another operative, who's posing as her new paramour. Fans of horse racing and everyone else will find this tale of love, lust, greed, and family ties an enjoyable ride.
