Laura Crum Moonblind

Moonblind

Laura Crum

Perseverance Press, sep 2006, $13.95

ISBN: 1880284901

Seven months pregnant, veterinarian Gail McCarthy is taking a year off from her practice to enjoy her pregnancy and laze around when her child is born; this is quite a switch from her usual frantic vet pace.

Her cousin Jenny tells Gail that her dog was poisoned and she believes someone is stalking her. Concerned, Gail visits Jenny who confides that she has had an affair with her ex husband's best friend Don until her lover's wife went crazy when she learned what was taking place. When their tryst surfaced Jenny divorced Charley, ended the relationship with Don and relocated across the country to start over.

A few days later Jenny's horse comes down with moonblindess; a freaked out Jenny insists Don and Charley did this as a warning as she knows they inflicted this ailment on her other horses in order to win an upcoming race in which there was only one real contender. The next day Gail finds her cousin dead, but leans toward murder though it appears like suicide. The vet ponders whether a racing fix led to a homicide and could she be next as the stalker had to see the cousins talk.

Equine lovers and fans of Dick Francis will enjoy MOONBLIND, a thriller that is winner from wire to wire due to an exciting horseracing tale that showcases the darkside of the sport. Though she vowed to mellow, the pregnant heroine is back in a situation that she better win because place or show means death. Readers knows they can bet on Laura Crum providing a winner, which MOONBLIND is.

Harriet Klausner