From a New York Times bestseller, โa superb thrillerย .ย .ย . terrificโ about a sportswriter who risks his own life investigating a suspicious death (San Francisco Chronicle).
Dick Francis, Edgar-Awardโwinning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
When reporter Bert Chekov falls to his death, his colleague James Tyrone is suspicious. Chekovโs column had recently recommended some โcanโt-loseโ horses, who then wound up out of the running on race day.
Tyrone thinks he can prove it was murder, but he may not live to tell the tale. Because as the dead man has already made clear, thereโs no such thing as a sure thingย .ย .ย .
Praise for the writing of Dick Francis:
โDick Francis is a wonder.โ โThe Plain Dealer
โFew things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.โ โChicago Tribune
โFew match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.โ โBoston Herald
โ[The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills.โ โNewsday
โ[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.โ โThe Wall Street Journal
โFrancis is a genius.โ โLos Angeles Times
โNobody executes the whodunit formula better.โ โChicago Sun-Times
โA rare and magical talentย .ย .ย . who never writes the same story twice.โ โThe San Diego Union-Tribune