Bad Blood
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Dark secrets are revealed when investigative journalist and horse expert Ben Copperfield is hired to find the long-lost heir of a dying millionaire in this gripping murder mystery.
When freelance journalist Ben Copperfield hands his business card to a woman whose runaway horse he's helped recapture, he couldn't possibly predict the events that are triggered by this simple gesture . . .
For the woman is the wife of none other than multi-millionaire horse owner and businessman Neville Manning. Manning has everything money could buy, but money can't solve his current problem. He's dying - and after the tragic death of his only child, there's no one he's willing to leave his business to. Manning has just one hope left: a grandchild, whose mother's name he doesn't even know. Ben has a reputation for solving impossible problems, and Manning's convinced he'll be able to track the child down.
With the odds stacked against him, Ben accepts the challenge and sets out to find this mystery grandchild. But little does he know that the trail to finding Manning's heir is paved with murder, intrigue and revenge . . . and it won't just be finding the heir to Manning's fortune that's the problem, it'll be keeping the child alive long enough to claim it.
With its mix of horses, dogs and fast-paced action, Bad Blood is a great choice for readers of Dick and Felix Francis, John Francome and Richard Laws, and is the perfect escape from day-to-day life.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the start of this moody standalone from Stacey (No Holds Barred), freelance sports journalist Ben Copperfield helps a woman rescue a panicked horse from an overturned trailer on a foggy Dorset country road. Later, Ben receives a call from the woman's husband, millionaire Neville Manning, with a lucrative job offer: Manning is dying of cancer, his only son and heir is dead, and he wants Ben to find his long-lost grandson. Not an easy assignment, since the child's mother is a "traveller" with no permanent address, and likely no love for Manning. Still, Ben manages to track down the long-lost grandchild and his enchanting mother, only to find himself and the boy caught between two dangerous blood feuds—one a vendetta among the travellers, and one a dark secret in the Manning family. Ben must decide how far he's willing to go to help Manning's grandchild, even as his own life falls apart. Readers will have no trouble rooting for the conflicted Copperfield, whom Stacey draws with a steady hand. This will please fans of intricately plotted traditional British mysteries.
