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The Significant Seven Audiobook

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Read By: Tom Weiner Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 5.17 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.88 hours at 2.0x Speed Series: The Jack Doyle Mysteries Release Date: April 2010 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781481569514

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

53

Longest Chapter Length:

22:06 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

02:28 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

08:45 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

4

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Publisher Description

Seven lifelong friends and racing fans since their university days strike it lucky at Saratoga Race Course when they combine to win a million-dollar race. They use some of their profits to buy racehorses, one of which, The Badger Express, turns out to be a sensational runner, stallion, and moneymaker. Then years later, the men begin dying, one by one, targets of a professional assassin.

The always irreverent Jack Doyle returns to the racetrack, volunteering to aid FBI agents in a search for criminals fixing races and gets involved in the investigation of the murders of the Significant Seven, while also finding himself protecting Renee Rison, the favored daughter of the Significant Seven’s leader, Arnie Rison.

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"Great story and interesting characters. Pretty easy read. Several grammer errors and typos, but nothing that takes away from the story. "

— Jennifer (4 out of 5 stars)

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  • “McEvoy is a racing expert whose knowledge permeates the pages, and, like any good tout, he’s full of amusing stories about horses, bettors, and trackmen.”

    — Publishers Weekly
  • “In McEvoy’s fine fourth horse racing mystery, FBI agents persuade reluctant sleuth Jack Doyle to work undercover for a Chicago trainer to discover the culprits fixing races by sponging the favorite, an ugly practice that deprives the horse of enough oxygen to race effectively. Interwoven is the feel-good story of the Significant Seven—seven middle-aged friends who parlayed a huge pari-mutuel win into a small but successful racing syndicate, thanks to the racing and stud career of a horse named The Badger Express…McEvoy is a racing expert whose knowledge permeates the pages, and, like any good tout, he’s full of amusing stories about horses, bettors, and trackmen.”

    — Publishers Weekly
  • “McEvoy’s … horseracing thriller starring Jack Doyle again nails the track milieu… Doyle, working with the FBI to identify who is ‘sponging’ horses, stumbles into an even bigger case: the systematic murder of the seven co-owners of a champion horse now earning millions at stud. Both the sponger and the person behind the murders are apparent virtually from their first appearances, but horseracing fans will still find much to enjoy. McEvoy, a former Daily Racing Form columnist, knows the racetrack intimately, and his insider details will keep racing fans turning pages.”

    — Booklist 

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    " Great story and interesting characters. Pretty easy read. Several grammer errors and typos, but nothing that takes away from the story. "

    — Jennifer, 8/13/2013

About John McEvoy

John McEvoy, former Midwest editor and senior correspondent for the Daily Racing Form, is the author of mystery novels and several nonfiction books on Thoroughbred horse racing, including the award-winning Great Horse Racing Mysteries. He has also published a book of poetry. He and his wife Judy live in Evanston, Illinois.

About Tom Weiner

Tom Weiner, a dialogue director and voice artist best known for his roles in video games and television shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Transformers, is the winner of eight Earphones Awards and is an Audie Award finalist. He is a former member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.