The Opium Equation won silver medals from The Mom’s Choice Awards®, American Horse Publications Awards, Independent Book Publisher’s Association Ben Franklin Awards; and was a finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards

“When retired movie star Glenda Dupree was murdered at Fairbanks, her antebellum mansion near Nashville, Tennessee, there was much speculation, but no one missed her much. Prior to leaving life on earth, Glenda had managed to offend everyone in sight, including her neighbor, a (mostly) law-abiding horse trainer named Cat Enright.

Cat finds Glenda’s body and is implicated in the murder, and also in the disappearance of a ten-year-old neighbor, Bubba Henley. Cat thinks Bubba s disappearance ties into the murder and realizes her name will not be cleared until he is found. Although a Henley ancestor built Fairbanks, the current Henley clan lives next door in a scruffy trailer. Because the police treat the missing boy as a runaway Cat begins her quest to find Bubba, solve Glenda s murder, and clear her name.

An unpopular sheriff and upcoming election mean the pressure to close the case is on. With the help of her riding students, a (possibly) psychic horse, a local cop, a kid named Frog, and an eccentric client of a certain age with electric blue hair, Cat takes time from her horse training business to try to solve the case and keep herself out of prison.”

“BOTTOM LINE: A murder, a mystery, and a psychic horse. What’s not to love?”
Horsemen’s Yankee Pedlar, Kate Tully

“Verdict: This quick and entertaining read will amuse fans of Carolyn Banks’s equine mysteries.”
Patsy E. Gray,  Library Journal

“Wysocky puts out an excellent product. Readers will be waiting to lap up more Cat Enright adventures. And there is that hunky country singer…”
Shelley Glodowski , Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

“From the first page to the last The Opium Equation will keep you engaged and wanting more, horse lover or not.”
Glenn Hebert founder, Horse Radio Network

“Lisa Wysocky reins you in with a gentle tug, and then you’re off on a whirlwind ride through uncharted mystery. The Opium Equation had us from giddy-up-GO!”
Kim McLean and Devon O’Day, Plain Jane Wisdom, Fox News Radio, 1510WLAC

“Lisa Wysocky writes with skill and nearly unparalleled knowledge of the equines she dearly loves. This time, she kicks it up a notch in a mystery that makes you think and keeps you riveted, it’s a page turner.”
Tess Vanattia, publisher, Horse South

Title Specs:

5.5 x 8.5, fiction/cozy mystery/horses
288 pages, trade paperback, ISBN: 978-1935270065
$14.95 retail, with standard wholesale discounts to the trade via Ingram, Baker & Taylor, or Pathway Book Service

Suitable for readers 13 and up