{"product_id":"9781590581230","title":"Blind Switch","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt\"\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.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003eA two-time loser at the marriage game as well, Doyle, usually   ultraconfident, 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?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =   \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"\u003e \u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e About the   Author\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt\"\u003eJohn McEvoy, former Midwest   editor and senior correspondent for Daily Racing Form, is the author of five   previously published non-fiction books on thoroughbred horse racing, including   the award-winning Great Horse Racing Mysteries. He has also published a book of   poetry. This is his first novel. McEvoy and his wife Judy live in Evanston,   IL.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Poisoned Pen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035278262512,"sku":"9781590581230","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781590581230_p0.jpg?v=1763810754","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781590581230","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}