Praise for Riders Down... "McEvoy has created a winning protagonist...and suspense enough to make the blood race like a stakes-winning sprinter." -Booklist starred review "Horse racing has always attracted a wide range of colorful characters, and McEvoy portrays them all with an obvious affection and a sharp eye." -Publishers Weekly Why have some of America"s best jockeys begun to intentionally lose races? Was the death of 92-year-old Bernard Glockner, Chicago"s oldest active bookmaker, suicide or murder? Those are the questions facing Matt O"Connor, a Chicago-based columnist for a national horse racing newspaper. Soon, Matt is deep into an investigation of what he believes are races whose outcomes have been manipulated for the benefit of a few. Helping Matt in this puzzling venture are horse trainer Maggie Collins, Dave Zimmer, and a professional gambler known as "The Fount" for his reputation as an...