John Mcevoy: 9 books

Book cover of Great Horse Racing Mysteries
by John McEvoy
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2010

Did jockey Ron Hansen leap off the San Mateo Bridge, or did someone force him? Did arsonists set fire to Hawthorne Race Course after a betting scam went awry? Was the great stallion Shergar killed by the IRA, or is he living in anonymity somewhere in Ireland? Great Horse Racing Mysteries examines these baffling cases and many others.
Book cover of Photo Finish
by John McEvoy
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012

Irreverent Chicago racetrack publicist Jack Doyle, former advertising man and amateur boxer, accepts a new job as a thoroughbred jockey's agent. His client is a seventeen-year-old riding phenom from Ireland named Mickey Sheehan. Mickey and Jack prove to be an effective team until someone begins secretly...
Book cover of Blind Switch

Blind Switch

A Jack Doyle Mystery

by John McEvoy
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011

Desperate Jack Doyle accepts a sketchy job which leads to a deadly game of fixing horse races and murder--of the four-legged kind.... One-time amateur boxer Jack Doyle, an irreverent and rebellious advertising account representative, goes to work one fine Chicago day and finds his desk--and his job--both...
Book cover of Riders Down
by John McEvoy
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008

No one really notices that a fix may be in until Matt O'Connor, a Chicago-based columnist for a national racing newspaper, gets a call from Moe Kellman, a horse-owning acquaintance. Kellmans question for Matt: Was the death of ninety-two-year-old Bernard Glockner, Chicago's oldest active bookmaker,...
Book cover of The Significant Seven
by John McEvoy
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010

Seven lifelong friends and racing fans from their student days at the University of Wisconsin strike it lucky at Saratoga Race Track when they combine to win a plus million dollar Pick Six. They subsequently use some of those profits to buy race horses, one of which, The Badger Express, turns out...
Book cover of Close Call

Close Call

A Jack Doyle Mystery

by John McEvoy
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011

  Ex-amateur boxer and failed advertising account executive Jack Doyle, hero of Blind Switch, returns to the world of thoroughbred horse racing at a suburban Chicago track in this new thriller by the author of award-winning Riders Down. With the help of furrier-to-the-mob Moe Kellman, Doyle...
Book cover of High Stakes
by John McEvoy
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014

Irreverent Jack Doyle has worn many hats, one or two blown off by his irrepressible temper. A former boxer, advertising rep, and publicity man, Jack’s midlife career has been shaped by the world of thoroughbred horse racing and dark deeds therein. So it’s no surprise when two FBI agents he’s...
Book cover of The Historiography of the Chemical Revolution

The Historiography of the Chemical Revolution

Patterns of Interpretation in the History of Science

by John G McEvoy
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015

This study offers a critical survey of past and present interpretations of the Chemical Revolution designed to lend clarity and direction to the current ferment of views.
Book cover of Crime, Community and Locale: The Northern Ireland Communities Crime Survey
by David O'Mahony, Ray Geary, Kieran McEvoy
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019

This title was first published in 2000:  This text reports on the findings of the Communities Crime Survey, a communities-based survey carried out within Northern Ireland. The survey asked a number of questions beyond the usual remit of local crime surveys, in order to explore more fully a whole...
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