'If you like the work Dick Francis or Sue Grafton, you will like Sasscer Hill. But with the odds against her, can she clear her name - and put the real criminals behind bars? With unexpected help from a fashion-conscious wholesale meat-seller, a recovering addict, and an ancient groom, Nicky follows a crooked trail of insurance scam and betting fraud.

Nikki and the filly wind up at a seedy stable with a motley group of felons, drunks, and drug-addicts.

Even deprived of job and income, she cannot abandon a mistreated, ill-tempered racehorse doomed to the slaughter house. Framed and facing a possible murder rap, Nikki is ruled-off the track. Evil people are working at Maryland's Laurel Park race track, and when Nikki stumbles over the body of a gunshot victim, she quickly becomes the prime suspect in a murder case. Along the way, Fia encounters Cuban gangs living off the grid, a (very handsome) do-gooder who is close on their trail, and a cabal of super wealthy gamblers who will stop at nothing to ensure they always win.Jockey Nikki Latrelle gets the chance of a lifetime - to ride the favorite in a stakes race - only to have her dream destroyed when a mysterious intruder kills her mount the night before the race. Now Fia must work two angles-first to find out what’s really going on with the men who might or might not be gaming the system, and second to bring the men who prey on horses to justice. Her investigations are complicated when her niece, Jilly, disappears after a shadow gang takes Jilly’s beloved horse. To complete her cover story, Fia moves in with her semi-estranged brother, Patrick, who lives near the racetrack. Her assignment is to watch and report back on two racetrack workers who have been suspected of illegal activities and whose horses continue to outperform all expectations, winning their owners unseemly amounts of money in the races. Given a second chance, she is sent to work undercover for the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau (TRPB) at the Gulfstream Park in Florida, where she works as an exercise rider. Fia McKee is an all-round kick-ass protagonist, and mystery fans are sure to fall in love with her wonderful voice and clever sleuthing abilities.īaltimore police officer Fia McKee is put on leave for excessive use of force after interfering in a crime that turns deadly. Sasscer Hill introduces a new series set in the steamy underworld of Florida, Flamingo Road (Minotaur Books, April 18, 2017).

Full Mortality by Sasscer Hill