Laura Marlin Mysteries: Kentucky Thriller - Lauren St Johnová

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Eleven-year-old ace detective Laura Marlin finds herself deep in the murky world of race-fixing, trickery and horse thieves in her third mystery adventure, from award-winning author Lauren St John. Laura Marlin''s two greatest loves in life are detective novels and animals, so she is ecstatic when her uncle agrees to let her keep a horse after they rescue it, crazed with fear, from an overturned horsebox. But he has a condition. Before he will allow her to adopt it they have to find its former owner, just to ensure that it hasn''t been stolen. A visit to Newmarket to investigate the thoroughbred''s origins leads Laura to the Kentucky Derby in the US and deep into the murky world of race-fixing.