
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
Charles Todd, a renowned painter of horses, is shocked when he turns up at his cousin Donald’s house for a weekend visit to find his cousin’s young wife dead on the floor and Donald the police’s prime suspect.
Determined to prove Donald’s innocence, Todd trails a series of clues from England to Australia to New Zealand, only to realise someone is trailing him. Someone with every intention of taking him out of the picture for good . . .
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“[The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills.”
—Newsday“[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