Warned Off

Eddie Malloy #1

by Richard Pitman, Joe McNally

From Champion Jockey at 22 to down-and-out at 27, Eddie Malloy is bitter and desolate, reduced to living in an ancient caravan working for a tyrannical horse dealer. Estranged from his family and the sport he loves, Eddie cannot forget or forgive the racing authorities for believing false allegations of horse doping against him which robbed him of his riding licence.

With another miserable Christmas looming, Eddie’s discovery of murder victim Danny Gordon in the racing capital of Newmarket offers him a perilous path to the resurrection of his career. He must balance that ultimate reward against the risk of becoming a victim of Gordon’s ruthless killers.

Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction, Horse Racing, Crime, Contemporary

278 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 5, 1992

Reviews

[Kath · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been steadily working my way through this series, first published a while back and now tweaked and republished for Kindle. I have read the first 3 so far.
I have previously read and enjoyed books by the likes of Dick Francis and John Francome, and although I have little to no interest in horse riding itself, I do think that the sport and those involved do lend themselves very nicely to crime-thriller stories!
Eddie Malloy... what a cracking "flawed" hero! Whether he is fighting to save his reputation, his business or trying to find out who killed his friends or colleagues, he has a relentless gung ho way of doing things that makes you want to egg him on more just to see which line he crosses next!
All in all, these are fun easy reads that kept me gripped from start to finish. Hopefully the duo will release more books before I run out!

[Vicki Bishop · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was the biggest Dick Francis fan in the world. He is gone. But his type of English racing mysteries live on in the books by Richard Pitman and Joe McNally. This was the first one I read and look forward to reading many, many more.

[Victoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely reminded me of Dick Francis, one of my favs, and I look forward to reading more.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you like Dick Francis you'll enjoy these

[Claire Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid crime thriller. I got this directly from Joe himself and quite enjoyed it, even though I don't usually do thrillers at all and I know nothing about racing.

The prose is not 100% to my liking; they have a way of arranging phrases that I sometimes find jarring. Still, the story is good and I blew through it in one pleasant afternoon.

[Karen Lowe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well structured and fast paced thriller. As is often the case in this type of book, the women are not exactly well rounded characters, it's very 'blokey' but a good enough read for all that. I would have liked a few more horses in it though.

[P.A. Wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fast read. The pacing is great and I thought the ending was well set up and satisfying. A little light on the setting and emotion.

[Janet Newport · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazon Prime Lending Ala Dick Francis

Will definitly read the rest of their books.

[Sharon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Amazon Prime loan .. very reminiscent of Dick Francis. Slow starter but once I got into it, I really enjoyed it. If you like Dick Francis, you'll enjoy this one as well.

[Kathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Here's hoping that there's a little less bad language and violence in the next one. Obvious similarities to Dick Francis, and that's great in my opinion.

[Jennifer Malenius · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good is he a bad guy or good guy beginning

I enjoyed this book. It moved in directions that were unexpected and that captured my imagination. Definitely interested in book 2!

[John Molloy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book as I am into breeding race horses, and also my surname is Molloy, so a few attractions. I found the story good in parts but lacking credibility for quite a lot of the story, and plot. The horse killing the Jockey is something I never heard tell of and doubt it has ever happened. The characters were somewhat credible, but also some a bit over the top, as regards the criminal acts, they seemed a bit more gruesome than need be. I'd give the author some encouragement as he can only get better with time, and feed back from readers.

[Hw Huyler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Story, a good page turner, a jockey trying to solve murders

A good page turner, a jockey trying to solve murders. Eddie Malloy, loses his Jockey license through a false claim. When a jockey becomes missing Eddie is asked but a senior fellow in the Racing Security Office to find the missing jockey.

[Gwen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too violent

This is a Dick Francis wanna be without his depth and elegance. It’s full of plotting but the characters are two dimensional. I’d read another in this series to see if the author improved except for the cringing violence throughout.

[Gary Vassallo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Totally enjoyed this mystery. A real page turner. Looking forward to reading more of Eddie Malloy.

[vicki carnicle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Warned off

I love reading about murder mystery and horse racing together the main character great job and ever changing plots kept interest to the end

[Sharon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought the story was good, but it took a while for things to get going. The writing style was different than the Dick Francis books I have read, and I prefer Francis' characters and descriptions of events. Overall, however, not bad.

[Kathy KS · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Yvonne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read!

I enjoyed the suspense of a different type of story. Well written and entertaining! I'm looking forward to more books in the series.

[Teri Allen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyed it!

Fun and fact filled! Love the track mystery genre! Fast read. Eddie is a likable character. Starting second in the series today!

[Dee · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars really, a fair attempt at inhabiting the world of Dick Francis