{"product_id":"saratoga-swimmer","title":"Saratoga Swimmer","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"66\" data-end=\"402\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"66\" data-end=\"402\"\u003eEx-Cop Charlie Bradshaw and the Saratoga Police Department no longer see eye to eye. So Charlie has taken a job as head of security at local rich man, Lew Ackerman's racing stables. But when Ackerman winds up dead at the bottom of the town's swimming-pool the detective in Charlie sets to work to vindicate a short-lived friendship.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"404\" data-end=\"486\"\u003e\"More than just a hardboiled Dick Francis, Dobyns writes real people\" — \u003cem data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"486\"\u003eTime Out\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"488\" data-end=\"758\"\u003e\"Excellent . . . It is customary with any book combining crime with race horses for some idiot reviewer (mon frère, mon semblable) to make comparisons with Dick Francis; Mr Dobyns writes so well that for once it is fair to talk about the same league\" — \u003cem data-start=\"741\" data-end=\"758\"\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"760\" data-end=\"906\"\u003e\"Dick Francis had better look to his laurels. An American longshot, appropriately named Dobyns, is coming up fast on the outside\" — \u003cem data-start=\"892\" data-end=\"906\"\u003eHouston Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"1054\"\u003e\"This is a high class detective novel, and Saratoga is a beguiling setting . . . It's non-stop reading, and Dobyns gets it right\" — \u003cem data-start=\"1040\" data-end=\"1054\"\u003eRichard Ford\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1056\" data-end=\"1179\"\u003e\"His writing is honest, tough-minded and as uncompromising as his unforgettable hero\"\u003cbr data-start=\"1141\" data-end=\"1144\"\u003e— \u003cem data-start=\"1146\" data-end=\"1179\"\u003eLawrence Block, Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1181\" data-end=\"1390\"\u003eStephen Dobyns is an ex-reporter who currently teaches creative writing in North Carolina. His other books include two other thrillers featuring Charlie Bradshaw, \u003cem data-start=\"1344\" data-end=\"1365\"\u003eSaratoga Headhunter\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"1370\" data-end=\"1389\"\u003eSaratoga Longshot\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1392\" data-end=\"1476\"\u003eAllison \u0026amp; Busby\u003cbr data-start=\"1407\" data-end=\"1410\"\u003eAmerican Crime series: No. 16\u003cbr data-start=\"1439\" data-end=\"1442\"\u003eCover design by Richard Clatworthy\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Larters Libary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44410967883818,"sku":"0850317371","price":2.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/0247\/8890\/files\/9780850317374.jpg?v=1780222229","url":"https:\/\/www.larterslibrary.com\/products\/saratoga-swimmer","provider":"Larters Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}