Stable Cat - Big Mike, Bk 3 Author:Garrison Allen Chestnut steeds and silver spurs. High riding and good times. That's why folks in Empty Creek, Arizona, expect from the Great Arabian Horse Show. What they get instead are low blows and bad news. First, a magnificent prize stallion disappears. Then his trainer is found outside the empty stall, shot through the heart. — NO DAY AT THE RACES -- ... more »Enter bookshop owner and amateur sleuth Penelope Warren. Aided by her cat and confidante, "Big Mike," Penelope unearths a string of puzzling leads: Who was the stranger seen arguing with Jake Loomis moments before he was killed? What were handcuffs doing in Jake's bedroom? And who belongs to the bloody earrings outside his trailer? In pursuit of answers, games detective and sly puss race down a rocky trail of shifting identities and secret scandals, through an obstacle course of cunning schemes and private peccadilloes... and into a deadly photo finish against a vengeful killer who might just call all the shots.« less