Racing On A Wire

by Inge Moore

Halee Harper finds herself in another small racetrack town. She knows the drill. Walk around the track's backside. Find a trainer who needs a groom. Easy peasy.She secures a job with one of the leading trainers. Arriving early at her first day on the job, she finds an old rival of hers dead in her horse's stall. Halee knows she'll be the prime suspect so she runs.Will she be able to find the killer, or will she end up in prison for a crime she didn't commit?The stakes are high in this murder mystery steeped in the world of thoroughbred horse racing.

287 pages, Paperback

First published November 8, 2013

Reviews

[Kristen · Rating 4 out of 5]

In Inge Moore's Racing on a Wire, this captivating woman's fiction deals with matters of the heart and finding where you belong. Meet Lucky, she's a young Muslin teenage girl who's been wanting a family to take her in and make hert their own. She finally finding it in Solana as her adoptive mother, but that's when her dream had turned into a nightmare. Her foster father had taken adventure of her and had committed incest. This has forced her to take drastic action and run away far from home. That's when she worked on the race track and helped the jockeys with the horses. She had made new riend especially a dwarf named Robbie, who showed her the way. When she learns she's pregnant, she tries to commit her suicide and lands in the hospital. While she heals from her wound, she decided on what to do with this unwanted pregnancy and creates a fantasy for her, while she flashes back to when she was known as Virginia Seewell, before this incident had happened. Slowly, she builds a relationship with Robbie and tries to forgive her foster father. But when she returns home to make amends, she learns nothing's all what it seams to be with a heart-breaking decision in the end.

[Alicia Huxtable · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good

Hooked from page 1 and wishing there was more to read. I loved the characters and the relationship between them.....except 1 anyway. But this book was easy to read and follow the characters through their lives. Hope there is a book 2 in this series

[Lynn Hallbrooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Since I read Savage Dawn by Inge Moore, I thought I would also read Racing on a Wire. Both books came to me through Reading Deals Review Club. So I was provided with a free copy of the books so that I could give an honest review. As with any review it is based on the readers' personal journey. Some other readers may have a totally different thought and that's why multiple reviews can give a potential buyer a better understanding of what they maybe be purchasing.

That said I believe this book is for Mature Audiences despite its Young Adult theme.

Virginia, who prefers the name Lucky, has had an unpleasant past. The past is revealed through her remembering what led her to the race track. Dealing with her past demons helps determine what her future will be.

While one might think that horse racing is the gist of the story, in reality it goes to Lucky's state of mind. Once you read what happens then you realize why she and the horses' she loves are Racing On A Wire.

Overall the story was well written. The subject matter was a little tough for me at times... I tended to empathize with the character. So maybe that's why I wanted a different ending to her story.