Genres
Collections
Description
Dick Francis takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing with this story of a reluctant detective and a scandal turned deadly. Australian horse breeder Daniel Roke had resisted the exorbitant sum of money offered by a suave Englishman to investigate a scandal involving drugged racehorses. But after another investigator dies mysteriously, Roke agrees to fill his shoes, and learns that men who would give drugs to horses are capable of doing much worse to human beings...
Awards
Crime Writers' Association Awards (Shortlist — 1965)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1965
Similar in this library
Bolt by Dick Francis
Risk by Dick Francis