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02667aam a2200397Ii 4500 001 E11A0626FF7E11E48613ECADDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20220910012104 008 141204t20142014azu 000 f eng d 010 $a 2014938595 020 $a 1464202761 020 $a 9781464202766 020 $a 1464202745 020 $a 9781464202742 035 $a (OCoLC)897477422 040 $a ORX $b eng $e rda $c ORX $d CGP $d OCLCO $d KAY $d SILO 050 4 $a PS3613.C432 $b H54 2014 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a McEvoy, John, $d 1936- $e author. $9 354536 245 10 $a High stakes : $b a Jack Doyle mystery / $c John McEvoy. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Scottsdale, AZ : $b Poisoned Pen Press, $c 2014. 300 $a 281 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 $a Irreverent Jack Doyle has worn many hats, one or two blown off by his irrepressible temper. A former boxer, advertising rep, and publicity man, Jack's midlife career has been shaped by the world of thoroughbred horse racing and dark deeds therein. So it's no surprise when two FBI agents he's sleuthed with before pressure him to identify an animal activist who is carrying out "mercy killings" of retired race horses donated to Midwestern university veterinary schools. Plus two Chicago senior citizens are being threatened by an imperious Internet millionaire intent on owning their beloved horse. Then a call comes from Ireland where the life of Jack's friend Niall Hanratty, the noted bookmaker, is under attack from an unknown enemy. Meanwhile Doyle's nemesis Harvey Rexroth, the rapacious media mogul Jack helped put into federal prison, enlists a fellow inmate, a mob-connected attorney, to have Jack killed. Carrying out this contract will be W. D. Wiems, a brilliant, frighteningly warped University of Kansas student who has eagerly launched a career of murder for hire. Fast tracking, Jack visits vet schools while juggling pieces of investigations near home and traveling twice to Ireland where his quest to find Hanratty's enemy takes him to Kinsale, Connemara, and a Dublin slum. Meanwhile the vicious contract killer is, all unknown, tracking Jack ... 650 0 $a Private investigators $v Fiction. $9 207190 650 0 $a Murder $x Investigation $v Fiction. $9 263322 650 0 $a Race horses $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Animal welfare $v Fiction. $9 199151 650 0 $a Horse racing $v Fiction. $9 205098 655 7 $a Mystery fiction. $2 gsafd $9 243020 941 $a 3 952 $l AWPD207 $d 20230209013905.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006082947.0 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20150911041023.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E11A0626FF7E11E48613ECADDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b KAYInitiate Another SILO Locator Search