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    Recommended reading from Joe McNally, author of the excellent Eddie Malloy series ...

    To refresh your memories, Joe McNally in association with the former jockey Richard Pitman, wrote an excellent series of novels back in the day. During the past year, Joe has become a great advocate for my two racing novels, Shouting The Odds (2021) and Manvers Road Star (2025). Much as I admit...
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    Introducing Shouting The Odds: the first work of fiction set in a high street betting shop

    Hi, I'm Jon Franklin, former Hills manager and racecourse photographer. Noticing the Chit-Chat forum and a few posts from members about books, I thought this might be the place to bring up the subject of horse racing fiction books. Years ago, the late Dick Francis made this genre his own...
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    Introducing Shouting The Odds: the first work of fiction to play out in a high street betting shop

    Hi, my name is Jon Franklin. After twelve years of working in betting shops at the tail end of the eighties and throughout the nineties, I decided to start on a novel set in a high street betting shop. At that time, as many of you will recall, betting shops were as common on the high street as...
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