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  • Close Call

  • By: John McEvoy
  • Narrated by: Tom Weiner
  • Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (7 ratings)

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Close Call

By: John McEvoy
Narrated by: Tom Weiner
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Jack Doyle, ex-amateur boxer and failed advertising account executive, returns to the world of thoroughbred horse racing when he is hired as publicity director for Monee Park, a struggling suburban Chicago track owned by heiress Celia McCann.

McCann is determined to maintain the business, which was inherited from a beloved uncle. She finds various exploits to keep the business afloat while awaiting passage of a law allowing the introduction of lucrative video slot machines at Monee Park.

But meanwhile, McCann is under pressure from the other heir, her cousin, Niall Hanratty, who wants to close the track and sell the valuable property to real-estate developers. Jack Doyle is called on to help Celia's cause, again a somewhat reluctant knight-errant who rises to the occasion when needed.

©2008 John McEvoy (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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Slow start

This is the second book in a series. they take awhile to get started and then the action picks up towards the end. I don't think I'll read the next one.

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