The Sea Horse Trade: A Nikki Latrelle Racing Mystery - Softcover

Hill, Sasscer

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9781434441966: The Sea Horse Trade: A Nikki Latrelle Racing Mystery

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1434441962 ISBN 13: 9781434441966

Publisher: Wildside Press, 2013

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Literary star Sasscer Hill's legion of fans who have been chomping at the bit for another Nikki Latrelle Racing Mystery need wait no longer! Hill's latest spellbinding suspense story, The Sea Horse Trade, takes readers to South Florida for a wild ride on the dark side, mixing horse racing, a mysterious drug kingpin, prostitution, and a mother's brave search for the daughter she was forced to give up at birth. When Nikki works the January meet at Gulfstream Park near Miami, something about racehorse owner Currito Maldonista worries her. Bad enough she's expected to handle Maldonista's evil-minded colt, Diablo, but Nikki begins to suspect Maldonista may be a Colombian drug lord. Worse yet, could he be abducting underage girls and forcing them into the sex trade? Nikki's world and Maldonista's collide when Nikki's oldest friend, Carla Ruben, comes to Florida to find Jade, the teenage daughter she gave up for adoption years ago. Jade's adoptive parents are dead, and the exotically beautiful girl is missing. Could Maldonista be involved? Nikki and Carla put their lives on the line to find out! A thrilling new racing mystery from the author of Full Mortality and Racing from Death! "This twisty and fast-paced page turner is cleverly plotted and genuinely entertaining--Hill's insider knowledge and love of the horse-racing world shines through on every page. Sasscer knows her stuff!" --Hank Phillippi Ryan

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From the Author:

The characteristics and personalities in horse racing are an endless source of inspiration-the risk, the beauty, the speed, the endless opportunities for skulduggery, and the extraordinary Upstairs Downstairs quality of the people who inhabit the life. Picture the winner's circle, a poverty-level groom holds a hundred-thousand-dollar horse for a trainer who may be living large, or only hand-to-mouth. With them stands the rich or possibly almost-broke-owner who may also be a white-collar criminal. Or he might enjoy a golden life of lofty social status. Think of the jockeys. Watch them make the sign of the cross before they risk their lives once again to mount thousand-pound animals who race in a mob at speeds up to 40 miles an hour. And the horse. He might be sore, or tired, but still, he digs deep into his soul to find the heart and courage to pull out a win. I've seen it all. I've never wanted to write the great American novel. I believe my job is to entertain with stories about chasing a dream, fighting the odds, and helping the helpless. I want to create a world that's a bit scary, sometimes funny, always informative, and a reliable destination for escape.

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When Nikki works the January meet at Gulfstream Park near Miami, something about new racehorse owner, Currito Maldonista, worries her. Bad enough she's expected to handle Maldonista's evil-minded colt, Diablo, but Nikki begins to suspect Maldonista may be a Colombian drug lord. Worse yet, could he be abducting underage American girls and forcing them into the sex trade? Nikki's world and Maldinista's collide when Nikki's oldest friend, Carla Ruben, comes to Florida to find Jade, the teenage daughter she gave up for adoption years ago. Jade's adoptive parents are dead; and the exotically beautiful girl is missing. Could Maldonista be involved? Nikki and Carla put their lives on the line to find out!

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