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Summary: Who Shot Long Shot Sam
Review: Who Shot Long Shot Sam The book is a murder mystery story about gamblers who bet on horse races. Long Shot Sam is one of the best gamblers around the horse tracks. He is a master at handicapping on each race which makes him one of the best. While he is well on his way to winning a betting tournament, he is shot by a snipers bullet. The contest is filled with ex-cons, jealous rival gamblers, crooked cops, armed security men, and corrupted politicians.
Most of the story takes place in northern New Jersey at the Garden State Downs horse track. Its not a fancy, high class track, its no where near as nice as other big time tracks in Chicago and Kentucky.
I liked this book because of the action. Whether it was the gambling or murder, I was pretty interested. The intensity of the book was good and kept me excited. Some parts of the beginning may not be to interesting because they go into details on the way the betting is done and how all the handicaps work for each horse in the race. Other then that, the book is very interesting.
One moral lesson in this book would be "don't trust everyone around you". Also in this book, no matter how legal it is to gamble, there can always be danger when people start losing things they deeply value.
This book was better then some of the other mystery stories that I've read because it's not the typical murder story which is played out all the time. I would defiantly recommend this book for any age group.
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Summary: Who Shot Long Shot Sam
Review: Who Shot Long Shot Sam The book is a murder mystery story about gamblers who bet on horse races. Long Shot Sam is one of the best gamblers around the horse tracks. He is a master at handicapping on each race which makes him one of the best. While he is well on his way to winning a betting tournament, he is shot by a snipers bullet. The contest is filled with ex-cons, jealous rival gamblers, crooked cops, armed security men, and corrupted politicians.
Most of the story takes place in northern New Jersey at the Garden State Downs horse track. Its not a fancy, high class track, its no where near as nice as other big time tracks in Chicago and Kentucky.
I liked this book because of the action. Whether it was the gambling or murder, I was pretty interested. The intensity of the book was good and kept me excited. Some parts of the beginning may not be to interesting because they go into details on the way the betting is done and how all the handicaps work for each horse in the race. Other then that, the book is very interesting.
One moral lesson in this book would be "don't trust everyone around you". Also in this book, no matter how legal it is to gamble, there can always be danger when people start losing things they deeply value.
This book was better then some of the other mystery stories that I've read because it's not the typical murder story which is played out all the time. I would defiantly recommend this book for any age group.
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