Kate’s 2¢: “Chestnut Mare, Beware” by Jody Jaffe

“Chestnut Mare, Beware” by Jody Jaffe

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   As with the best novels, “Chestnut Mare, Beware! Weaves two main threads in and out, not to mention up and down, to make a page turning horse quandary/murder mystery/love story.

From the WEB:

Jody Jaffe. aka John Jaffe. aka John Jaffe (with John Muncie) Jody Jaffe has long experience in the worlds both of journalism and horse shows. For the past twenty-four years she has been riding and showing hunters, and she spent ten years as a feature writer for The Charlotte Observer. Her first novel was Horse of a Different Killer.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Chestnut mare, beware DBC16815

Jaffe, Jody. Reading time: 9 hours, 40 minutes.

Read by Eileen Gruhn. A production of Washington Talking Book and Braille Library.

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Mystery and Detective Stories

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Equestrienne journalist Nattie Gold is back–and with the threat of murder afoot, it may just be her final ride. It’s Christmas, but at the Charlotte Commercial Appeal two disturbing events nip Nattie’s holiday in the bud. One is a chilling anonymous letter that threatens big-wig Carolinians–many of them known to Nattie from the show horse circuit–with horrible death. Then she’s approached by a woman with a strange tale about her beautiful dead daughter. The official version of how former beauty queen Josane Ashmore died is that she was trampled by her unruly chestnut mare. Her mother declares that it was murder. Can Nattie go to Virginia and prove it?

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