Ritzforg 127

Mystery surrounds the theft of a prized stallion belonging to Brandywine Farm. Ritzforg 127 is missing! Days later his trainer is found dead in the tack room of his show stable. The local police are understaffed and have no clues for either case. Marla Mesconti, trainer at Reach For The Stars Stables and friend of Brandywine's trainer takes up the case on her own. With the help of her friends, Marla stumbles upon some wild clues that lead her to the answers. The story travels from the hills of New Hampshire to the show halls of Louisville, Kentucky and back. Will they find Ritzforg 127 before it's too late?

Marla Mesconti is a fair-haired horse trainer for her Reach For The Stars Stables in Andover, NH. She finds her mentor and best friend dead in his tack room at Brandywine Farm. The same farm that had a prized Friesian stallion stolen from a local horse show. The local PD is not helpful at all in finding the stolen horse and immediately shelves the case. The apparent murder of her friend and the lost horse that meant so much to him is more than Marla can take sitting down. She and her friends at her farm gather up the clues that the PD cannot seem to find and starts the investigation that will take her to Louisville, Kentucky and back. Travel the world of show horses as the mystery unwinds.

Cher Griffin lives in New Hampshire and has been a horse show judge for 37 years. Horses have been a large part of her life and she continues to enjoy writing mysteries about horses and living with horses. She is married with a son in the Army and shares her home with three ponies, a variety of chickens and two dogs. Cher also owns Griffinbrook.com, an on-line tack shop.