Slay Ride
Harper, 1973
Characters
- David Cleveland
- 33, chief investigator for the British Jockey Club
- Arne Kristiansen
- Norwegian Jockey Club's official investigator, also in charge of racecourse security
- Robert (Bob) Sherman
- missing British steeplechase jockey who often raced in Norway
- Gunnar Holth
- racehorse trainer
- Kari Kristiansen
- Arne's wife
- Per Bjorn Sandvik
- horse owner in Norway, head man at Norsk Oil Imports Ltd.
- Sven Wangen
- horse owner in Norway, Bob Sherman rode for him
- Rolf Torp
- horse owner in Norway, Bob Sherman rode for him, works in titanium
- Paul Sundby
- Emma Sherman
- Bob's wife
- Mikkel Sandvik
- Per Bjorn's son, friends with Bob Sherman
- Rinty Ranger
- British jockey riding in Norway
- Paddy O'Flaherty
- head lad for Gunnar Holth
- Lars Baltzersen
- banker, racecourse Chairman
- William Romney
- Emma's grandfather
- Charles V. Stirling
- David's neighbor
- Knut Lund
- policeman
- Erik
- Lund's brother, author, drives David around Norway
- Odin
- Erik's Great Dane
- Liv
- 4-year-old girl who saw the bomb being planted in Erik's car
- Dr. William Leeds
- managing director of the Wessex-Wells Research Laboratory
- Johann Peterson
- fictional character David made up as part of his trap
- L. Horgan
- man with yellow eyes and butterfly birthmark on his neck
The group read it
We discussed Slayride on July 14, 1997 and again on February 8, 1999.
This page was first written for the reading group's original site in the late 1990s and was lost when AOL Hometown closed. It has been recovered from the Internet Archive.