There are two worlds in racing. Winning and losing. Private detective Sid Halley has gone from one to the other - fast. First his career as a jockey ended when he lost his hand in a fall. Then his wife said a cold good-bye. Now he's on the trail of thugs who crush losers. With vicious pleasure. These are people who aim to win - at any price. There's a syndicate of owners with a sideline in violent kidnapping. And Trevor Deansgate, a bookmaker whose hatred of favourites goes one deathly step too far... For the sake of his ...
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There are two worlds in racing. Winning and losing. Private detective Sid Halley has gone from one to the other - fast. First his career as a jockey ended when he lost his hand in a fall. Then his wife said a cold good-bye. Now he's on the trail of thugs who crush losers. With vicious pleasure. These are people who aim to win - at any price. There's a syndicate of owners with a sideline in violent kidnapping. And Trevor Deansgate, a bookmaker whose hatred of favourites goes one deathly step too far... For the sake of his health, Halley had better return to winning ways. Because to lose is to die...
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Good- in Good- jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Jacket and front board have a 1" x 3" dampstain on bottom edge. Otherwise book is clean, tight and unmarked.
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Fair. HARDCOVER Acceptable-This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. Standard-sized.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8x5x1; Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & foxing on edges of text block. Lump on top corner of rear pastedown. Dj lightly shelf worn with scuffs, light soiling & small tears. Dust jacket in a mylar cover.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book Octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine white pictorial dj. 2nd printing. 293 pp. Sid Halley had been a champion jockey. He fell under a 500 pound horst losing his left hand and racing future--also fractured his marriage. But he gets a new mechanical hand....and returns to the track.
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Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. 293 p.; 22 cm. Book Conditions: good. Stain to edge of pages 169-180. Otherwise clean inside pages and a tight binding. Reading copy.