No Rain & No Rainbows (Volume 1)

They say the Kentucky Derby is the most intense two minutes in sports. In No Rain & No Rainbows, the spectacle is a minute glimpse of the powerful drama. In the first book of a series, author Aaron Brendan Garth introduces the reader to horse-racing trainer and detective Duke Snyder, who follows intrigue and romance en route to Churchill Downs. Duke investigates crime with an eye toward freeing criminals from charges. As he private-eyes for a famous criminal defense attorney, the investigator is hired to prove well-known horse owners are innocent of murder. There is intrigue, turning corners into the unknown. Along the way, Duke himself becomes hunted, disgraced and on the run. The bright, energetic and handsome detective might never stumble over clues, but is clueless about love and romance. As he bumbles every hint given by the beautiful Angela, Duke shows he might be an experienced man around town; however, love is not in his vocabulary. Well, maybe. Novelist Aaron Brendan Garth is an experienced newspaper man and wire service writer--as well a former criminal defense lawyer himself. Garth has won a famous spy trial in Virginia, as well as murder, rape, molestation and a myriad of other trials around the United States. So when he writes about crime, he has been there. Front row, center stage. Further, your author raced and bred thoroughbreds for more than a decade. He never experienced the joy of the Derby; nevertheless, he raced a filly in the Kentucky Oaks--the filly's version held the day before the run for the roses. So he knows the passion of victory and the despair of defeat. As an author, Aaron Garth writes from a lifetime of experience. He understands the enormity of the pressure of the courtroom, representing men and women facing prison for life. No Rain and No Rainbows blends drama and intrigue, with romance, as the trainer - investigator Duke Snyder stumbles and falls, but never quits.