About the author
Elizabeth Levy (b.1942) is a prolific American author. She grew up in Buffalo, New York, and was educated at Brown University. One of her first jobs was working for Senator Robert Kennedy, and she wrote her first book shortly after his death. She’s since written numerous mystery series for children. The five-book Jody and Jake series includes one story which sees the duo taking jobs at a racing stable and uncovering nefarious doings.
Finding the book
Reasonably easy to find.
Links and sources
Elizabeth Levy’s website
Terri Wear: Horse Stories: An Annotated Bibliography
Bibliography (horse book only)
The Case of the Counterfeit Racehorse
Archway Paperbacks, New York, 1980, 164 pp.
Knight, London, 1982, pb, 123 pp.
Reprinted as Double Mystery: The Case of the Counterfeit Racehorse/The Case of the
Frightened Rock Star, 1991
One of the Jody and Jake mysteries. Jody and Jake are looking after Mr Barrett’s horses at the racecourse, but Jody is fired when he has too many accidents. Jody is suspicious when one of the horses she was looking after suddenly develops a mysterious turn of speed.