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Natalie Gold #2
Chestnut Mare, Beware
"HAS AS MANY INS AND OUTS AS A CHAMPIONSHIP JUMPING COURSE. Take a deep seat and a firm rein and canter along."
--Washington Times
The official version says that former beauty queen Josane Ashmore died after being trampled by her unruly chestnut mare. Her mother declares it was murder. Yet when Charlotte reporters Natalie Gold and Henry Goode go to Virginia to prove it, they find more questions than answers. Who set Josane up in her charming Middleburg shop? Why were her personal belongings disposed of so quickly? And, perhaps most chilling, who keeps trying to kill Nattie and Henry?
"A tight, no-way-to-put-it-down whodunit that'll keep you guessing, gasping, and chuckling to the end."
--Lexington Herald-Leader
"[A] galloping plot."
--People
--Washington Times
The official version says that former beauty queen Josane Ashmore died after being trampled by her unruly chestnut mare. Her mother declares it was murder. Yet when Charlotte reporters Natalie Gold and Henry Goode go to Virginia to prove it, they find more questions than answers. Who set Josane up in her charming Middleburg shop? Why were her personal belongings disposed of so quickly? And, perhaps most chilling, who keeps trying to kill Nattie and Henry?
"A tight, no-way-to-put-it-down whodunit that'll keep you guessing, gasping, and chuckling to the end."
--Lexington Herald-Leader
"[A] galloping plot."
--People
308 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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About the author
Jody Jaffe
11 books26 followersJody Jaffe's newest equine mystery, "Commander Speaks," celebrates the bond between horse and human and also shines a light on predatory behavior in equine sports and horse abuse. She is also the author of the Nattie Gold mystery series, featured in People Magazine. As a feature writer for The Charlotte Observer she was on a team that won the Gold Medal Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. She lives in the Shenandoah Valley with her husband, John Muncie, and too many horses.
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December 21, 2021
While I still could care less about horse, Jody's mysteries offer much more. This, her second one, has a good story. But, my main attraction is her characters. I really am interested in all of them and I think this is because they have serious credibility. On the downside, her stories are sprinkled with references to food and eating places that I grew up with and now cannot get any more - my stomach suffers incredible envy with each chapter! In Chestnut, her protagonist, reporter Nattie Gold, weaves another complicated mystery into her life covering the fashion pages. (That does not sound interesting, but it really is... I promise.)
November 30, 2018
It won't change your life, but it's a fun read. :D
August 7, 2012
#2 in the Natalie Gold series. Charlotte, NC reporter Natalie Gold is begged by the mother of a deceased beauty queen to prove her daughter was murdered. Natalie travels to a horse show in Virginia with a feature writer from her newspaper and intends to look into the death in her spare time.
Natalie Gold series - Fashion writer, Nattie Gold, probes the death of Josane Ashmore, a former Miss CT and now a horsewoman in Virginia. Four years after it happened the woman's mother is still convinced she was not thrown, but was murdered. Suspects include a boyfriend and a dismissed worker.
Natalie Gold series - Fashion writer, Nattie Gold, probes the death of Josane Ashmore, a former Miss CT and now a horsewoman in Virginia. Four years after it happened the woman's mother is still convinced she was not thrown, but was murdered. Suspects include a boyfriend and a dismissed worker.
June 9, 2011
I love the Natty Gold books. Horses and a mystery, what could be better?
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