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Forged

Laura Crum. Minotaur Books, $22.95 (176pp) ISBN 978-0-312-32327-1

Lush descriptions of the beautiful central California coastline, from the redwood forests to Monterey Bay, lift Laura Crum's Forged: A Gail McCarthy Mystery, her eighth horse cozy (after 2003's Hayburner). After stumbling on a dying farrier in her barn, horse vet Gail finds herself at the top of the suspect list in what turns out to be a homicide. Individual horses are as memorable as the human characters in this tale of romance and suspense. Agent, Linda Allen.