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Lead a horse to murder

by Cynthia Baxter

When full-time vet and part-time sleuth Jessica Popper is asked to treat a billionaire’s ailing horse, she gets a deadly glimpse into the lifestyles of the rich and felonious… Murder gallops after Jessie when an emergency call sends the traveling vet to a posh Long Island estate with her one-eyed Dalmatian, Lou, and her tailless Westie, Max. A prized Arabian steed needs minor medical care - but it’s the rider who grabs Jess’s attention. The handsome young horseman exudes plenty of animal magnetism as he canters across the field…and takes and inexplicable, fatal fall. The dean man was one of the finest polo players in the world, but it was no accident that killed him. The culprit was poison. And as Jess soon discovers, a number of people had the means, motive, and opportunity for foul play, from the hostile barn manager to the billionaire’s disgruntled wife. But Jess will have to temper her feline instinct with good old-fashioned horse sense if she’s going to stop a killer from leading a certain sleuth to her death…

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