The False Favorite

by Josh Boldt

Overview

Millionaires, mansions, soirees, romance, high-stakes gambling, horse-racing...and a corpse. A murder mystery set at the Kentucky Derby.

One month before the Kentucky Derby, a wealthy thoroughbred owner turns up dead. Can his widow solve the crime in time to save her prized racehorse? When she hires private detective Cal Tyson to investigate, they find big money holds a strong influence on the horse-racing industry. Several key players may have wanted Sterling Halcott dead, but why? And how far are they willing to go to protect their interests?

Cal Tyson and the widow Harper Halcott must navigate mansions, parties, wealth, power, romance, and the lingering vestiges of the antebellum South in this novel set in Lexington and Louisville during the weeks leading up to a "photo finish" in the most exciting two minutes of sports, The Kentucky Derby.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780578632582
Publisher:	Brown Hound Publishing
Publication date:	01/24/2020
Pages:	314
Sales rank:	816,641
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Josh Boldt is a rising voice in contemporary Southern literature, known for his gritty crime fiction, regional flavor, and exploration of the Southern psyche.A lifelong seeker of new adventures, Boldt has held more than fifty jobs, including grocery stocker, horse farm gardener, entomology field tech, umpire, dishwasher, mattress salesman, construction worker, and vintage furniture dealer. Boldt is the author of three novels: Moneymaker, The False Favorite, and Slurry. He resides in Lexington, Kentucky, where he's hard at work on his next novel. Visit joshboldt.com for news and updates.