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Review [The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills. -- _ Newsday_ Product Description "One of the greatest living suspense wirters." CBS RADIO'' After a fall from a racehorse that permanently crippled a hand, Sid Halley joined a detective agency. But it wasn't until some two-bit hoodlum drilled a slug into his side that he was sent out on a case of his own. That was where he met Zanna Martin, a woman who just might make life worth living again. But it was even-money that he'd be killed before she had the chance.... From Goodreads: Sid Halley, an injured jockey, becomes a private eye and carries out some work for his father-in-law, who believes a man is trying to financially ruin Seabury racecourse, so that it can be sold to property developers. I WAS NEVER particularly keen on my job before the day I got shot and nearly lost it, along with my life.