All of Dick Francis' mysteries are built around some aspect of the world of horse-racing. In this one, a young partner in a merchant bank lends money to a breeder to buy a champion stallion for his stud farm. Everything goes along splendidly for a while, then things mysteriously start to go wrong.

Francis is always interested in how people think, feel, and react to one another; so his books are always interesting. His characters are not cardboard pawns. As well, the background of the story is always educational.

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For a list of Dick Francis' books, please see Dead Cert.

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