Foreign Office diplomat Peter Darwin uncovers a peculiar operation involving a veterinary surgeon and the unexplained deaths of several valuable racehorses.
With his 30th novel, Dick Francis proves without a doubt that he is one of the superstars among mystery-thriller writers.--Los Angeles Times Book Review.
A globe-hopping diplomat comes face to face with a case of fatal corruption in Francis's new thoroughbred thriller.
Hardcover, 320 pages
Published October 18th 1991 by G.P. Putnam's Sons (first published 1991)