By William Campbell Gault
Brock will get stuck in a deadly triangle among a jockey, a mobster, and L.A.'s best blonde
Gloria Malone is a giant lady with a bit husband, and an issue in simple terms Brock Callahan can resolve. Her jockey beau, Tip, has fallen in with a half-reformed gangster, and Gloria fears hassle for the pint-sized horseman. yet as Brock quick unearths, L.A.'s criminals have extra to worry from Tip than he does from them. the quick guy has a protracted suggest streak, a woman at the facet, and 2 illegitimate kids as well. Even his horses don't like him. Brock isn't stunned whilst a person comes to a decision to finish the little gremlin's racing occupation as soon as and for all—with a carving knife.
The international of horse racing is buried lower than a layer of dirt that's thicker than the Santa Anita racetrack's dust after a thunderstorm. To penetrate it, Brock must take the whip into his personal hand and do no matter what it takes to stick at the horse.
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