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Beating the Books
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Navy Yard Press
Published: Jan 19 2026
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.75 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Legalized sports betting has exploded into a multibillion-dollar arms race; one that is woven into the fabric of everyday American life. Hidden deep inside is a mathematical loophole few people know exists.
Chase Dupree is one of them.
A devoted husband and father of two, Chase is doing everything right. But chronic pain, mounting pressure, and a quiet sense of underachievement have left him restless.
When an uncommonly resourceful and dangerously obsessive friend introduces him to sports-betting arbitrage, Chase discovers something that feels impossible: risk-free profit. He learns that ordinary people around the country are quietly earning six figures. All legal. All hidden in plain sight.
With the help of LineSniper, a powerful analytics platform built by charismatic founder Aaron Ramsey to hunt betting inefficiencies faster than any human could, Chase's winnings come fast. The rationalizations come faster.
Guided by a shadowy online figure known only as the ArbOracle, Chase slips into a second life fueled by numbers, adrenaline, and deception. As his profits grow, his marriage strains. His body falters. And the line between side hustle and addiction begins to blur.
Spanning living rooms and corporate boardrooms, Italy and Vegas, Beating the Books is a character-driven financial thriller inspired by true events about modern temptation, the illusion of control, the devastating toll of living life behind a screen, and the cost of finding an edge in a world built on odds.
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