There's a bomb scare at Kingdom Hill racecourse, where failed conman Tricksy Wilcox watches his dreams blown to kingdom come...
At Cheltenham's glittering National Hunt Festival, protocol is rocked as a love-struck owner falls madly in love with her jockey...
There is passion - and revenge at the glorious Kentucky Derby ......and then ten other tantalizing stories to hold you enthralled from the starting gates to the finish.
Award-winning Master of Crime Dick Francis tackles a new distance with thirteen nerve-tingling tales of politics, passion, horses and crime - each one of them tied to a milestone event in the international racing calendar.
The result is beyond question.
'Francis's ability to produce a twist at the end of the tale is demonstrated time and time again.., you never want to put the book down' Racing Post
'Undoubtedly another winner' Sunday Telegraph
'Each story has a superbly constructed plot and a splendid twist in the tail' Country Life
'"Tell me a story and tell it strong and quick," Francis orders himself in the foreword, and then does exactly that 13 times, without a duffer among them' Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday
'This mesmerizing collection of short stories shows Francis at the top of his game' Entertainment Weekly
'Once again he saddles up a winner in this fast-paced collection' People Magazine
'Throughout there is Francis's voice, strong, smart, ironic ... the tie that binds these 13 tales into a charmed entertainment' Publishers Weekly