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Frighten the Horses: A Rusty Coulter Mystery
Frighten the Horses A Rusty Coulter Mystery Author:Kurth Sprague Escaping from a marriage gone bad and the wreckage of a distinguished career, champion hunter rider Rusty Coulter wants nothing more than to immerse himself in the comforting anonymity of teaching English at a large university in Texas, and to keep his hand in with horses by helping out part-time as manager and bookkeeper at a local stable. Coul... more »ter has achieved a precarious peace of mind when he stumbles upon the battered corpse of the flamboyant chairman of the English department, and becomes unwillingly plunged into a maelstrom of deception, dishonesty, sex, and sudden death. The detective assigned to the case, a retired NYPD lieutenant, enlists Coulter s reluctant help in sorting through the suspects. Coulter quickly realizes that the serene groves of academe can be just as dangerous as anything he s encountered in the glamorous, high-stakes world of the East Coast show ring and his job at the stable proves no less perilous!« less