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Ex-jockey and private investigator Sid Halley is approached by the wife of an elite racehorse trainer, begging his help in figuring out why her husband's most promising horses have been performing so poorly. At first Halley thinks she's overreacting and the losing streak is just dumb luck. But now he's beginning to think it's something far more dangerous...

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Another reread. Not one of my favorites. This one was written in '65 back when Dick was trying to be so hard boiled. I like the character of Sid and his father-in-law Charles, but everything else is so grim and no so psychological. It's oka...more...]]> 68905036 2482870 8574 0425203549 9780425203545 24 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997m/8574.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997s/8574.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8574.Whip_Hand 3.96 721 2005 4 0 false Tue Aug 25 20:41:36 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 21:30:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 43636210 1805769 8574 0425203549 9780425203545 24 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997m/8574.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997s/8574.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8574.Whip_Hand 3.96 721 2005 4 0 false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 17:19:24 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 17:34:56 -0800 2009 66911227 1052340 8574 0425203549 9780425203545 24 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997m/8574.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997s/8574.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8574.Whip_Hand 3.96 721 2005 0 0 false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 20:27:05 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 20:27:48 -0700 2009 46944587 1186101 8574 0425203549 9780425203545 24 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997m/8574.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997s/8574.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8574.Whip_Hand 3.96 721 2005 4 0 false Fri Feb 20 06:29:56 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 07:13:24 -0800 2009 47391756 1485915 8574 0425203549 9780425203545 24 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997m/8574.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997s/8574.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8574.Whip_Hand 3.96 721 2005 4 0 false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 11:52:29 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 11:54:28 -0800 2009 48515299 2094869 8574 0425203549 9780425203545 24 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997m/8574.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997s/8574.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8574.Whip_Hand 3.96 721 2005 5 0 false Sat Mar 07 10:49:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 10:54:05 -0800 2009 7557365 360148 8574 0425203549 9780425203545 24 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997m/8574.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997s/8574.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8574.Whip_Hand 3.96 721 2005 5 0 false Wed Oct 10 18:18:19 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 18:18:19 -0700 2007 more...]]> 73622728 182022 8574 0425203549 9780425203545 24 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997m/8574.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997s/8574.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8574.Whip_Hand 3.96 721 2005 3 0 false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 08:30:19 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 08:30:36 -0700 2009 32728294 250195 1577216 0060113847 9780060113841 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1577216.Whip_Hand 4.50 2 THE BALTIMORE SUN
Sid Halley, once a jockey, was now a private invesigator with only one good hand left after a horse fell on the other. His new life, though, could never erase the haunting memories of his past glories. But it was only when the wife of one of England's top trainers came to beg his help in preventing foul play at the race track that Sid Halley began to know what being haunted really was....]]> 2005 5 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980 Fri Sep 12 16:09:17 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 16:19:43 -0700 2008 Francis, Dick - 18th book / 2nd Sid Halley

Despite the fact that he thinks she's overreacting, ex-jockey turned detective Sid Halley agrees to keep an eye on an old friend's prize race horse before a big race, at the request of his buddy's wife. What should have been ...more...]]> 18946855 982713 8574 0425203549 9780425203545 24 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997m/8574.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997s/8574.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8574.Whip_Hand 3.96 721 2005 5 0 false Sat Mar 29 16:45:06 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 16:46:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 18498482 993046 8574 0425203549 9780425203545 24 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997m/8574.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997s/8574.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8574.Whip_Hand 3.96 721 2005 4 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Mon Mar 24 07:33:42 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 08:47:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 27509492 84779 8574 0425203549 9780425203545 24 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997m/8574.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997s/8574.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8574.Whip_Hand 3.96 721 2005 4 0 false Mon Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 07:02:05 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 11:36:16 -0700 2008 33187235 1464716 8574 0425203549 9780425203545 24 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997m/8574.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997s/8574.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8574.Whip_Hand 3.96 721 2005 4 0 false Thu Sep 18 13:02:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 13:04:37 -0700 2008 31147166 1327942 8574 0425203549 9780425203545 24 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997m/8574.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997s/8574.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8574.Whip_Hand 3.96 721 2005 4 0 false Mon Aug 25 11:14:24 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 11:15:47 -0700 2008 15196823 890397 8574 0425203549 9780425203545 24 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997m/8574.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165656997s/8574.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8574.Whip_Hand 3.96 721 2005 4 0 false Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 11 18:39:48 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 21 12:54:34 -0700 2009 2 17432120 981068 2838540 1556905602 9781556905605 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2838540.Whip_Hand 4.00 2 2005 4 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 10 07:17:36 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 07:20:10 -0700 2008 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=8574