Suspense Novels Set In Historic Fox Hunting Country
The Hunt By Jan Neuharth USA The Hunt, set in the elite fox hunting community of Middleburg, Virginia just outside Washington, D.C., tells the story of Doug Cummings, an attractive, wealthy lawyer and horseman, who is the target of a twisted but clever scheme to frame him for murder. When Doug's former lover and then his horse groom are killed, Doug becomes the prime suspect. With the media and local law enforcement breathing down his neck, Doug struggles to protect his loved ones and races to find the killer. But the evidence against Doug mounts until even his own attorney doesn't believe him.
As the plot twists and turns through the picturesque countryside, it carries the reader into the mysterious, romanticized lifestyle of the old-money, tweedy, horsey set.
The Hunt was a 2004 Benjamin Franklin Award Finalist and was nominated for a 2004 Library of Virginia Literary Award.
The Chase By Jan Neuharth
Tragedy strikes as The Chase begins when Doug Cummings barely escapes a suspicious vehicle accident with his life and realizes that someone is out to get him. But who? His only known enemy, twisted psychopath Zeb McGraw, is behind bars. Could someone on the outside be helping McGraw? Or could the culprit be the mysterious cowboy who miraculously helps save the life of Doug's horse but who almost seems too good to be true? As the chilling plot unfolds, Doug is forced to confront the would-be killer and end the nightmare, no matter what the cost.
This fast-paced suspense novel captures the colorful hunt-country lifestyle in a thrilling nonstop journey filled with revenge, greed, loyalty, and love.
The Chase is a Gold Medal Winner of the 2007 IPPY Award for Best Regional Fiction and a Notable Winner of the 2007 Eric Hoffer Book Award. The Chase was also nominated for a Library of Virginia Literary Award, and was a finalist in ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Awards.
Jan Neuharth, an attorney and equestrian consultant, is a graduate of the University of Florida and Vanderbilt Law School. She practiced law in Los Angeles before moving to the Virginia fox hunting country in 1985 to establish Paper Chase Farms, one of the premier equestrian facilities of its kind. Her debut novel, The Hunt, was a Benjamin Franklin Award finalist and was nominated for a Library of Virginia Literary Award. The Chase won the IPPY Gold Medal for Best Regional Fiction and was a Notable Winner of the Eric Hoffer Award. Jan lives in Middleburg, Virginia with her husband, Joseph Keusch, former Joint Master of the Fairfax Hunt, and their children. She is at work on the third novel in her Hunt Country Suspense Series, due to be released in 2010. Travel to fox hunting Middleburg Virginia. 
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