African Americans

Slachman, Virginia

McDonald Pub. Co

Blood in the Bluegrass is set on Eden Hill, a 100-year old Thoroughbred breeding farm. When their parents died, Harper Hill left her younger sister to run the business, while she escaped Kentucky to live the life of a Manhattan artist. The accidental death of Paris forces her back to decide if she can keep the family legacy running — and if she has to give up New York to do it.Harper is suspicious that Paris was too good a rider to have been killed by a fall while riding her favorite horse over simple jumps. A botched robbery — or suicide — that kills a key employee leads Harper to discover a grave financial crisis. Harper realizes she needs to find the killer the police don’t believe is hunting her. Someone is on a killing spree that seems to have no clear motive, except to destroy her.Harper can be sure of only one thing: the murderer is someone she’s known and trusted her whole life. She wonders if JD, her former lover, is in league with his father, Red Cole, the Hill’s long-time business partner who is pressing Harper to sell. Could the real threat come from Marshall, the man who virtually adopted the sisters and still trains all the farm’s best Thoroughbreds? And why is their soon-to-retire veterinarian, Cooley, fighting with their star jockey? When more disasters strike, Harper believes illegal drugs must be involved. As her best friend, Mariel, says, it is the open, ugly secret of horse racing, and Harper will have to fight harder than she ever imagined to prevent greed and revenge destroying any more people or horses she loves.

Blood in the Bluegrass

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Mary Custureri

Action packed from the get-go and filled with unique characters, the book is hard to put down as it races headlong at full speed to the finish line. --Barry Irwin Founder/CEO Team Valor International Harper had put the past behind her. Or so she thought. Fleeing the flashy, high dollar world of Kentucky horse racing for NYC, she’d been content living the life of a successful painter. But escape isn’t an option after the accidental death of her sister sends her back to the Bluegrass, a horse racing world filled with hope and heartbreak. As the body count rises at Eden Hill, Harper becomes convinced her sister’s death was no accident. Probing more deeply, Harper realizes Paris’ death is tied to a dark and deadly secret, one she discovers is why her racehorses are dying. Solving her sister’s murder and saving her family’s stud farm will take every ounce of Harper’s wit and courage. When seven skeletons are discovered on the grounds, and the barn with her best Kentucky Derby prospects is set on fire, Harper bears down to find the killer. The problem is, the culprit could be anyone: Is it JD, her childhood sweetheart, Marshall, their long-time trainer, or is it their nasty neighbor Red Cole, in partnership with her family for generations? Someone is on a killing spree, and though Harper doesn’t know why, she is sure of one thing—the murderer is someone she’s known and trusted her whole life.

Taylor and Seale Publishing

A rapid-fire thriller filled with captivating characters, Betrayed in the Bluegrass is a must-read for all horse and horse racing lovers. Set on Keeneland’s backstretch, with a brilliantly executed feature race, this action-packed whodunnit packs a punch that will keep you guessing till the end. Betrayed is a riveting addition to Slachman’s Bluegrass horse racing series.”--Adrian Beaumont – Director of Racecourse Services for International Racing Bureau 
Lexington Thoroughbred racing’s “power couple” Harper Hill and her husband, Detective JD Cole unite in this, the second in Slachman’s “Bluegrass” horse racing series. When a mysterious man, beaten and tortured, stumbles into the police precinct asking for JD, then dies before he can divulge his secret, a series of events are set in motion that will put the couples’ detecting power to the test and Harper’s life in grave danger. Soon after, Aubrey Lowen, Harper’s second cousin, is found severely beaten by the side of the road. Hospitalized, he hovers between life and death as Harper heads to Keeneland’s backstretch to keep an eye Lowen’s head trainer, Henley Smythe, who seems up to no good. As Harper tries desperately to uncover the culprit and help Aubrey’s wife Millie save their once-successful Thoroughbred farm, a dangerous character from Harper’s past shows up on the backstretch. Amid the dark pool of danger swirling around Harper, JD announces that the Feds have stepped in, preventing the couple from continuing their investigation. Undeterred, the two work under the radar to stop a killer bent on destroying the Lowen legacy and anyone who gets in the way. As murder and greed haunt every step they take, the couple knows that buried deep in Keeneland’s chaos the killer lies in wait—but uncovering the murderer just may cost Harper her life.

Betrayed in the Bluegrass (BLUEGRASS horse racing series)

Beast in the Bluegrass (Bluegrass Horse Racing Series)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Cooper Dorian

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