From a New York Times–bestselling "master of crime fiction and equine thrills," a private eye investigates the suspicious death of a horseman ( Newsday). Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. Champion jockey Robert Sherman has disappeared right before his wife was about to give birth. And right before he was sure to win the National. A coincidence? British investigator David Cleveland doesn't think so. He's convinced someone made Sherman disappear, but with every answer David gets, the body count rises. And if he isn't careful, the next body might just be his own . . . Praise for the writing of Dick Francis: "Dick Francis is a wonder." — The Plain Dealer "Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop." — Chicago Tribune "Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace." — Boston Herald "[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries." — The Wall Street Journal "Francis is a genius." — Los Angeles Times "Nobody executes the whodunit formula better." — Chicago Sun-Times "A rare and magical talent . . . who never writes the same story twice." — The San Diego Union-Tribune
