Hoofprintsis the second book in Laura Crum's Gail McCarthy mystery series.  Laura has used her many years of training and showing cowhorses to craft a unique mystery where murder occurs in a world of modern cowboys and working horses.



    The pay's not great, but the work is rewarding, and Gail McCarthy is a horse vet with a hectic schedule-not to mention a dog, a horse, a house payment, and a new boy friend all clamoring for attention.  Her life is more than a little disrupted when she discovers two dead bodies during the course of a routine call.  Murder is upsetting enough, but when a midnight emergency turns into an attempt on her own life, Gail begins to see the quite beach side town of Santa Cruz as a rather frightening place.

    The cops are not too concerned with the situation, writing off the two deaths as the work of a vagrant and the attack on Gail as the work of an overactive imagination.  Once again, the forthright young vet finds herself trying to catch a killer and restore some peace to her little world-before it's too late.

"A fascinatingly detailed look at the life of a veterinarian... with Gail's bright personality and Crum's illuminating conclusion."
                       Publishers Weekly

"Fast-paced and filled with gripping action, Hoofprints is a must read."
                                                                                                                   Southwestern Horseman

" A very American spin on Dick Francis's racing books....Crum's lifelong love affair with horses permeates her writing."
                                                                                                                                                   The Purloined letter
"Crum is, as reviewers like to say, an author to watch."
                                                                                                   Boston Globe



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