Killed For A King's Ransom
(2026)(The second book in the Sable Jones Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Ellis Thorne
A prestigious farm, a missing stallion, and a death that doesn’t add up.
Horse-rescue owner Sable Jones is settling into a temporary training contract at Coventry Farm when the unthinkable happens, its legendary stallion, King’s Ransom, vanishes overnight, and the farm’s owner is found dead in the barn.
The death is quickly labelled a robbery gone wrong. A valuable horse stolen. An old man in the wrong place at the wrong time. Case closed.
But Sable knows horses and nothing about King’s Ransom’s disappearance makes sense.
The powerful estate manager who never misses a detail.
A son with too much to gain and too little grief.
A rival breeder who wanted the stallion badly enough to make an offer that was refused.
And a farm with a past that doesn’t quite match its records.
With Blaze at her side, Max on alert, and whispers of bloodlines, secrets, and long-buried truths surfacing, Sable begins to pull at threads someone worked very hard to keep hidden.
Because at Coventry Farm, nothing is ever just about the horses.
And this wasn’t just theft.
Can Sable uncover the truth before the trail, and the killer, disappear for good?
Genre: Mystery
Horse-rescue owner Sable Jones is settling into a temporary training contract at Coventry Farm when the unthinkable happens, its legendary stallion, King’s Ransom, vanishes overnight, and the farm’s owner is found dead in the barn.
The death is quickly labelled a robbery gone wrong. A valuable horse stolen. An old man in the wrong place at the wrong time. Case closed.
But Sable knows horses and nothing about King’s Ransom’s disappearance makes sense.
The powerful estate manager who never misses a detail.
A son with too much to gain and too little grief.
A rival breeder who wanted the stallion badly enough to make an offer that was refused.
And a farm with a past that doesn’t quite match its records.
With Blaze at her side, Max on alert, and whispers of bloodlines, secrets, and long-buried truths surfacing, Sable begins to pull at threads someone worked very hard to keep hidden.
Because at Coventry Farm, nothing is ever just about the horses.
And this wasn’t just theft.
Can Sable uncover the truth before the trail, and the killer, disappear for good?
Genre: Mystery