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Sadly death at the races is not uncommon. However three in a singleafternoon was sufficiently unusual to raise more than an eyebrow. Its thethird death on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day that really troubles supersleuth SidHalley. Former champion jockey Halley knows the perils of racing all too well but in his day jockeys didnt usually reach the finishing line with three .38rounds in the chest. But this is precisely how he finds jockey Huw Walker who only a few hours earlier had won the coveted Triumph Hurdle. Just momentsbefore the gruesome discovery Halley had been called upon by Lord Enstone tomake discrete enquiries into why his horses appeared to be on a permanentlosing streak. Are races being fixed? Are bookies taking a cut? And if so aretrainers and jockeys playing a dangerous game with stakes far higher than theyrealise? Halleys quest for answers draws him ever deeper into the darker sideof the race game in a lifeordeath power play that will push him to his verylimits both professionally and personally. In his first new novel for sixyears Dick Francis returns to prove once again that he is the Grand Master ofthriller writing.Its the third death on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day that really troubles supersleuth Sid Halley. Former champion jockey Halley knows the perils of racing all too well but in his day jockeys didnt usually reach the finishing line with three .38 rounds in the chest. But this is precisely how he finds jockey Huw Walker who only a few hours earlier had won the coveted Triumph Hurdle. «
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