Ex-national Hunt Champion Jockey John Francome has established
himself as one of the front runners in the racing thriller stakes.
Jockey Mike Powell is down on his luck. His wife has just divorced
him; hes not getting many rides; and hes lost a fortune
buying and selling horses.
Then he is killed in a car crash. When his ex-brother-in-law Jed
Harvard discovers that Mikes estate has been left to
a man hes never heard of, he decides to look into Mikes
shady past - where all is not what it seems...