Blind Switch: A Jack Doyle Mystery - Softcover

"Forecast: As the former Midwest editor and senior correspondent for Daily Racing Forum (and author of five nonfiction books on thoroughbred racing), McEvoy is in a good position to promote this book, starting with a signing at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame." --"Publisher's Weekly," starred review"Easy prose, always interesting subject matter (shades of Dick Francis!), and an admirable protagonist make this a satisfying first novel." --"Library Journal" ..".if you have any interest in the sports he so expertly dissects, you'll probably wish the sequel was waiting on the nightstand." --"Chicago"" Tribune" "It s a good tale, fleshed out with plenty of colorful character and a finely realized racing setting at home on the track or in the barns." --"Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine" "

Praise for Blind Switch "This accomplished first novel set in the world of horse racing is bound to be compared to the novels of Dick Francis...." -Publishers Weekly starred review One-time amateur boxer Jack Doyle, an irreverent and rebellious advertising account representative, goes to work one fine Chicago day and finds his desk-and his job-both gone. A two-time loser at the marriage game as well, Doyle, usually ultra-confident, fishes himself out of a bottle to take stock, realizing, "with a thumping finality, that Life sure as hell did have his Number and was crunching it." At loose ends, Doyle accepts an unusual offer from an acquaintance, Moe Kellman, to fix a horse race. The context of making the deal-a Cubs game at storied Wrigley Field- sets up a chain of events that will lead the FBI to Doyle's door. They "coopt" him into a quest after people who are maiming or killing thoroughbred horses for their insurance values. Their number one target is a loathsome media mogul who can't bear to lose...at anything. John McEvoy, former Midwest Editor and senior correspondent for Daily Racing Form, is the author of several previously published non-fiction books on thoroughbred horse racing, including the award-winning Great Horse Racing Mysteries. Blind Switch is the first novel in his Jack Doyle horseracing mysteries set in Chicago. He lives and writes in Evanston, IL. www.johnmcevoyauthor.com