Laura Crum

A Gail McCarthy Mystery

1 - Cutter (Jul-1994)
2 - Hoofprints (Jan-1996)
3 - Roughstock (Aug-1997)
4 - Roped (Sep-1998)
5 - Slickrock (Oct-1999)
6 - Breakaway (Jul-2001)
7 - Hayburner (Feb-2003)
8 - Forged (Jul-2004)
9 - Moonblind (Sep-2006)
10 - Chasing Cans (Mar-2008)
11 - Going, Gone (Apr-2010)
12 - Barnstorming (Apr-2012)

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  Cutter
  

  • Jul-1994
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  A Gail McCarthy Mystery - 1
  

  Veterinarian Gail McCarthy thought cutting horse trainer Casey Brooks was being paranoid with his accusations of poisoned horses and attempts on his life. But when he misses an appointment and his blue roan mare returns riderless, Gail goes out looki...

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  Hoofprints
  

  • Jan-1996
  • / Amateur Sleuth
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  A Gail McCarthy Mystery - 2
  

  IN COWHORSE COMPETITION THE PRESSURE IS MURDER. Veterinarian Gail McCarthy has to have a strong arm and a strong constitution to care for the horses who are her patients. But walking in on the bullet-riddled bodies of two of her best human clients...

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  Roughstock
  

  • Aug-1997
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  A Gail McCarthy Mystery - 3
  

  A veterinarian and amateur sleuth, Gail McCarthy attends an equine seminar during which one of her colleagues is murdered, a case that tickles her curiosity and leads her on a trail leading uncomfortably close to home...

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  Roped
  

  • Sep-1998
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  A Gail McCarthy Mystery - 4
  

  Taking part in a competition that becomes plagued by a series of horse accidents, veterinarian, horse lover, and amateur sleuth Gail McCarthy investigates, only to encounter old resentments, a friend's vengeful ex-husband, and a ruthless animal right...

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  Slickrock
  

  • Oct-1999
  • / Amateur Sleuth
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  A Gail McCarthy Mystery - 5
  

  Equine veterinarian Gail McCarthy is up for the challenge of a lifetime: two weeks alone deep within the winding trails of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Needing a break from the stress of everyday life and a somewhat trying long-distance...

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  Breakaway
  

  • Jul-2001
  • / Amateur Sleuth
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  A Gail McCarthy Mystery - 6
  

  Veterinarian Gail McCarthy has been working with horses for years and will in fact take over the practice when her boss retires. She has seen many different problems, but nothing could have prepared her for her newest call.
  
  Early on a Saturday...

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  Hayburner
  

  • Feb-2003
  • / Amateur Sleuth
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  A Gail McCarthy Mystery - 7
  

  Nothing calls more urgently for a vet than a burning barn full of penned animals. Gail McCarthy has to push her way through the crowd around the Bishops' barn, repeating, "I'm a veterinarian." She's doing triage in her head--which one is the most ser...

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  Forged
  

  • Jul-2004
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  A Gail McCarthy Mystery - 8
  

  "I was cleaning the gun. An accident." Horse veterinarian Gail McCarthy doesn't particularly like her horseshoer, Dominic Castillo. For one thing, he was always late for a job. Worse, given the slightest pleasant word or look from one of his femal...

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  Moonblind
  

  • Sep-2006
  • / Amateur Sleuth
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  A Gail McCarthy Mystery - 9
  

  In this ninth book in the Gail McCarthy series about the Santa Cruz vet, Gail is pregnant and taking a leave of absence from her work as a horse vet. Despite her intention to rest and prepare for her baby, she is drawn into the odd situation surround...

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  Chasing Cans
  

  • Mar-2008
  • / Amateur Sleuth
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  A Gail McCarthy Mystery - 10
  

  HORSE WRECK -- OR WAS IT MURDER? Chasing Cans is rodeo slang for barrel racing, a competition that can bring its winners fame and big bucks. To Gail McCarthy, a horse vet turned stay-at-home mom, chasing cans also stands for the ambitious pursuit of ...

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  Going, Gone
  

  • Apr-2010
  • / Amateur Sleuth
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  A Gail McCarthy Mystery - 11
  

  Horse vet Gail McCarthy's life turns stranger than fiction when her old boyfriend, Lonny Peterson, is arrested for murder-by none other than Gail's childhood friend, Bret Boncantini, now a sheriff's deputy in a Sierra foothills town. Lonny is accused...

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  Barnstorming
  

  • Apr-2012
  • / Amateur Sleuth
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  A Gail McCarthy Mystery - 12
  

  There are human predators in the hills. Can Gail McCarthy discover who they are before she becomes the next victim? Gail McCarthy has turned 50, and is considering resuming her career as a horse veterinarian. Life interrupts her plans when she embark...

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