High Stakes: A Jack Doyle Mystery (Jack Doyle Series)

High Stakes: A Jack Doyle Mystery (Jack Doyle Series)

Irreverent Jack Doyle has worn many hats, one or two blown off by his irrepressible temper. A former boxer, advertising rep, and publicity man, Jackâ€™s midlife career has been shaped by the world of thoroughbred horse racing and dark deeds therein. So itâ€™s no surprise when two FBI agents heâ€™s sleuthed with before pressure him to identify an animal activist who is carrying out â€œmercy killingsâ€ of retired race horses donated to Midwestern university veterinary schools. Plus two Chicago senior citizens are being threatened by an imperious Internet millionaire intent on owning their beloved horse. Then a call comes from Ireland where the life of Jackâ€™s friend Niall Hanratty, the noted bookmaker, is under attack from an unknown enemy. Meanwhile Doyleâ€™s nemesis Harvey Rexroth, the rapacious media mogul Jack helped put into federal prison, enlists a fellow inmate, a Mobconnected attorney, to have Jack killed. Carrying out this contract will be W. D. Wiems, a brilliant, frighteningly warped University of Kansas student who has eagerly launched a career of murder for hire. Fast tracking, Jack visits vet schools while juggling pieces of investigations near home and traveling twice to Ireland where his quest to find Hanrattyâ€™s enemy takes him to Kinsale, Connemara, and a Dublin slum. Meanwhile the vicious contract killer is, all unknown, tracking Jackâ€¦

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