Sasscer Hill: 13 books

This volume collects both of Sasscer Hill's Janet Simpson stories, featuring the amateur detective in the world of horse racing: PRETTY FRAUDULENT and VENEMOUS. Both stories appeared previously in separate volumes of the Chesapeake Crimes anthology series. “If you miss the late Dick Francis’s...

RACING FROM EVIL  What happens to orphaned Nikki Latrelle after she flees from her pedophile stepfather through the streets of Baltimore and climbs the razor-wire fence into Pimlico Racetrack? Nikki’s drawn to horses, knows how to ride, and dreams of being a jockey. But how can a runaway...

This volume collects both of Sasscer Hill's Nicki Latrelle short stories, featuring the jockey/amateur detective in the world of horse racing: GAME and STEAMROLLER. “If you miss the late Dick Francis’s racetrack thrillers, you’ll be intrigued by Sasscer Hill’s Racing From Death.” —The Washington Post, August 29, 2012"

A nine-story anthology from Award winning author, Sasscer Hill. This book of short stories includes four Sasscer Hill true stories with photographs, two Nikki Latrelle Stories, two Janet Simpson Stories, and one Sherlock Holmes Story.  

Five Thrilling Stories from Crime Writers Featured on the Crime Cafe podcast! Bonus interviews with the authors included! The anthology includes the following short stories by guest authors on the Crime Cafe podcast:  “How I Found a Cat, Lost True Love, and Broke the Bank at...

Undercover agent Fia McKee returns in The Dark Side of Town, another thrilling mystery by Sasscer Hill and set in the seamy underbelly of horse racing. Fia McKee, now officially employed by the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau (TPRB), is sent undercover to Saratoga Racetrack to investigate...

Why is Colonel Warburton going mad? Is someone practicing black magic to destroy the old soldier? Is it the natives he has brought back with him from Africa? And why does Holmes purchase a great brute of a dog to help solve this mystifying case? Originally published in “Sherlock Holmes Mystery...

When Nikki works the January meet at Gulfstream Park near Miami, something about new racehorse owner, Currito Maldonista, worries her. Bad enough she’s expected to handle Maldonista’s evil-minded colt, Diablo, but Nikki begins to suspect Maldonista may be a Colombian drug lord. Worse yet, could...

Jockey Nikki Latrelle gets the chance of a lifetime – to ride the favorite in a stakes race – only to have her dream destroyed when a mysterious intruder kills her mount the night before the race.  Evil is at work at Maryland’s Laurel Park race track, and when Nikki stumbles over the body of...

Ruled off Maryland’s Laurel Park racetrack, for a crime she had no part in, jockey Nikki Latrelle struggles to survive at a seedy training track, where a convicted murder terrorizes a young Latina groom. Faced with clearing her name, the last thing Nikki needs is to get involved. But she’s never been one to stand by and watch somebody else be abused.  

Racing at Virginia’s beautiful Colonial Downs twists into a nightmare for jockey Nicky Latrelle.  A sociopath sells diet cocktails – killing jockeys who struggle to make racing weight.            Alarming events greet Nicky and exercise rider Lorna Doone upon their arrival at...

Baltimore police officer Fia McKee is put on leave for excessive use of force after interfering in a crime that turns deadly. Given a second chance, she is sent to work undercover for the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau (TRPB) at the Gulfstream Park in Florida, where she works as an exercise...

PRETTY FRAUDULENT Recently widowed and wealthy, middle-aged Janet Simpson decides to buy a race horse – something her husband never allowed. When Janet and her money are targeted by a handsome con man, she must learn to follow her own instincts instead of the advice of men. Can she protect...