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After 33 years of drifting, Ruby Murphy has taken root in Coney Island, where she works at the Coney Island Museum and lives above a furniture store. When an elegant, scarred woman asks her to tail her boyfriend, Ruby sees an opportunity to shake up her flat, painful life. The boyfriend, Frank, is connected to Belmont Racetrack and seems entangled in shady circles. As Ruby follows him, she is thrust into horse racing’s underbelly, confronting danger, deceit, and the threat of a gun. Her doubts grow as the stakes rise, but the choice to stay may already be too late.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Maggie Estep
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