{"product_id":"9781464200168","title":"Blind Switch","description":"\u003cp\u003eDesperate 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 gone. A two-time loser at the marriage game as well, Doyle, usually ultra-confident, fishes himself out of a bottle to take stock, realizing, \"with a thumping finality, that Life sure as hell did have his number and was crunching it.\"~At loose ends, Doyle accepts a most unusual offer from an acquaintance, Moe Kellman, \"furrier to the Mob,\" to fix a horse race. The context of making the deal, a Cubs game at storied Wrigley Field, sets the tone for the drama that follows. Thus begins a chain of events that will lead the FBI to Doyle's door where they \"coopt\" him into a quest after people who are maiming or killing thoroughbred horses for their insurance values. Their number one target is a loathsome media mogul who can't bear to lose at anything.~Built upon recent factual events, spiced with satire and peppered throughout with engaging loonies, Blind Switch is a noteworthy first novel with a hero forced to ask in its ultimate line, \"Where have I gone right?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Poisoned Pen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031226990832,"sku":"9781464200168","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781464200168_p0.jpg?v=1763682763","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781464200168","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}