Breakage

by David-Michael Harding

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Pub Date 10 Aug 2023 | Archive Date 29 Nov 2023

Black Rose Writing

Mystery & Thrillers

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Description

Donnie Chariot is the most gifted thoroughbred horse racing handicapper in the country. He single-handedly sets the morning betting lines across the country. His unique ability to distill data and past racing performances has made him rich and bestowed him with real power.

But when early onset Alzheimer's causes his unique gift to fail him, mobsters from Manhattan to Las Vegas aren't happy. Chariot needs his estranged daughter, who shares the same otherworldly gift with numbers, to help him, but their rocky past keeps them apart.

When Donnie's granddaughter is kidnapped to force his daughter into the game, he controls everyone. Until he doesn't. His mind failing, his daughter getting wise, and wiseguys wiser still, it's a race to save a family before the momentum of the past destroys their future.

Grab the reins and go wire-to-wire with PEN International winning author David-Michael Harding as Breakage thunders down the backstretch in a heart-pounding thriller!

Donnie Chariot is the most gifted thoroughbred horse racing handicapper in the country. He single-handedly sets the morning betting lines across the country. His unique ability to distill data and...

A Note From the Publisher

David-Michael Harding is a past PEN International Award-winning author. He is a former collegiate writing instructor, semi-professional football player and criminal investigator whose experiences provide readers with well researched, passionate, and crushing fast-paced action. A native New Yorker, he now resides in Tampa, Florida, with two vocal writing critics - his parakeets, Elvis & Amy. Most of his days are spent writing from the cockpit of his sailboat, Pegasus, somewhere off the Nature Coast of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico.

David-Michael Harding is a past PEN International Award-winning author. He is a former collegiate writing instructor, semi-professional football player and criminal investigator whose experiences...

Advance Praise

"Breakage is a shocking and unforgettable thriller that takes us into dangerous territory. This heart-racing, shocking & unforgettable thriller is not to be missed. Expertly paced and finely crafted, it will blow you away. 5 stars." -Readers' Favorite

"The characters in David-Michael Harding's horse racing thriller, Breakage are morally grey, making them interesting and a little unpredictable. Add the complication of protagonist Donnie Chariot's Alzheimer's and you'll willfully struggle to figure out what's going to happen next right up to the final furlong." -LoveReading

"Forget trips to Vegas! David-Michael Harding's Breakage takes you on a gambling adventure with horse racing, spine-chilling crime, and an intriguingly gifted and dysfunctional family. Readers who love crime, mystery, and thrillers will enjoy this curiously evocative tale." -Los Angeles Book Review

"As a star horse racing bookie's memory and skillset decline, he will stop at nothing to recruit the one person who can save his business, and perhaps his life - his daughter. Full of twists, turns, betrayals, action, and deceit, readers will watch as the outcome of this neck and neck race unfolds before their eyes. If you enjoy high stakes, Breakage is the nail biter you've been looking for." -San Francisco Book Review

"Follow Donnie Chariot, a flawed man, but genius with numbers, as he attempts to set things right after his granddaughter's sudden disappearance. Breakage is an action-packed thriller with dynamic characters, an engrossing storyline, humor, and jaw-dropping twists and turns. This is one book you should not miss for anything." -Chicago Book Review

"An action-packed tale of organized crime and familial ties." -Kirkus Reviews