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'A plot that goes with the pace of a champion hurdler.'

Evening Standard

Former hotshot jockey Sid Halley landed a position with a detective agency, only to catch a bullet from some penny-ante thug. Now, he has to go up against a field of thoroughbred criminals – and the odds are against him that he'll even survive.

Amazing what bodily injury could do for a man. 

A fall from a racehorse had left brilliant jockey Sid Halley dangerously depressed, with a wrecked hand and the need for a new career. And now a bullet wound was helping him find one. He'd been with a detective agency since his racing accident, but it wasn't until some two-bit hoodlum drilled a slug into his side that he was sent out on a case of his own. 

That was where he met Zanna Martin, a woman who just might make life worth living again. But it was an even-money bet that he'd be killed before he had the chance.

'As a jockey, Dick Francis was unbeatable when he got into his stride. The same is true, nowadays, of his crime writing.'

Daily Mirror