Satan's Pony: A Mystery (Dr. Jo Banks)
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ISBN: 0312333226 / Publisher: Minotaur Books, September 2004
Working as a house physician for a group of New Jersey country motels, doctor Jo Banks learns about the untimely murder of a wild young biker in one of the motel parking lots, and refusing to believe in the chief suspect's guilt, sets out to discover thereal killer.
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Thus we embark on another unexpected episode in the life of Dr. Jo Banks. When the young pediatrician was practicing in New York City, she never would have dreamed that she would find herself "house doctor" for a group of isolated motels in a quasi-isolated section of New Jersey. But here she is, with a string of local patients (and an occasional stricken tourist), a boyfriend, and a reputation for having helped the local police find and capture some entrepreneurs who were enslaving and occasionally murdering hapless immigrants.A covey of young and not-so-young male motorcyclists calling themselves Satan's Apostles arrive at the Oakview Motor Lodge ready to shred the quiet both guests and hosts expect on a Sunday afternoon. But this is not the bikers' problem. They want to party. However, their presence causes unwanted pressures at a time when the motor lodge's owners already have all the trouble they need. After disappearing for a year and a half, their adopted son is on trial for an impressive array of serious crimes - including murder. The evidence weighs heavily against him, and while his mother prepares to testify for the defense, the bikers' disruption at the lodge only serves to make matters worse.At the height of a raucous get-together in the motel parking lot, Jo comes close to personal disaster at the hands of a wild young biker. A few hours later, the youth is found dead on the parking lot ground, and the group's leader, Pi, is the principal suspect. Knowing that all bikers aren't devils, Jo plunges into an adventure that grows more and more colorful and exciting as she tries to save Pi from the police and pin the guilt where it belongs.
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