The Black Jersey

There are cyclists keen to die to win a single stage of the Tour, taking suicidal descents at greater than 90 kilometers per hour, however now I do know there are cyclists keen to kill to win. 

Marc Moreau, knowledgeable bike owner with a navy previous, is a part of a prime Tour de France staff led by his greatest good friend, an American star favored to win this yr’s Tour. However the competitors takes a darkish flip when racers start to drop out in a collection of violent accidents: a mugging that ends in an ankle being crushed, a nasty bout of meals poisoning, and a crash brought on by two spectators standing the place they shouldn’t. The groups and their entourages retreat into paranoid lockdown at the same time as they have to proceed racing every day. The mountain inclines develop steeper and the accidents flip deadlier: a suspicious suicide, an exploded trailer, a free wheel on the fringe of a cliff. Marc agrees to assist the French police with their investigations from the within and turns into satisfied that the perpetrator is a bike owner who needs to win at any value. However because the sufferer depend rises, the variety of potential murderers—and potential champions—dwindles.

Marc begins to have the sickening realization that
his personal staff has been most favored by the assassin’s actions, and within the remaining phases of the race Mark himself emerges as the one bike owner left who may presumably beat his greatest good friend and win the Tour. Whom can Marc belief? Whom ought to he shield? What choice will he make if he’s requested to decide on between justice, loyalty, and glory?

Reward for
The Black Jersey

“Males, mountains, machines, pace, greed, and homicide . . . Making a tour de power of the Tour de France, Jorge Zepeda Patterson does for biking what Dick Francis did for horse racing. Warning! Strap in your helmets! That is no story for wimps.”
—Alan Bradley, writer of the Flavia de Luce collection


“The world of aggressive biking is aggravating sufficient with out including suspicious accidents to the combination. However that’s precisely what occurs on this thrilling and intrigue-filled novel.
The Black Jersey has the tempo and pleasure of a world-class race.”
—Alexander McCall Smith, writer of the No. 1 Women’ Detective Company collection

“
The Black Jersey is a pleasure from begin to hair-raising end line, even for somebody like me who prefers a great meal to any type of aggressive sport. Bravo!”
—M. L. Longworth, writer of the Provençal Thriller collection