Race

<p><em>Race </em>is a window into death and life investigated by a detective who has his own choice to make between heaven and hell.</p><p>Roman Diego a Thoroughbred assistant trainer is found dead in his tack room at the Rainier Meadows Racetrack. Is the confused barely-covered young woman who had awakened next to the dead man a killer?</p><p>As Detective David James investigates the death of Roman Diego a syringe containing a mystery liquid is discovered. The mystery deepens as the list of suspects gets longer. Who would want to kill Roman Diego one of the “good guys”?</p><p>In this raw romantic and redemptive novel David James searches for a common denominator between the suspects and the victim as the motive becomes harder to ignore.</p><p>"In this moving story of betrayal and redemption Petrino-Salter breathes new life into a familiar character—the hard-bitten detective—and turns the genre’s cliches on their heads. Race is what a mystery should be."</p><p>            —Karin Kaufman author of the bestselling <em>Juniper Grove Cozy Mystery Series</em></p>