A reclusive painter, living in a bothy in Scotland, is beaten by a group of strangers and left for dead shortly after learning of the death of his stepfather. They are seeking something to do with his dead stepfather, but he knows nothing.
The unexpected arrival of a new apprentice jockey at his father's racing stables heralds the beginning of a series of dark happenings for Neil Griffon. First his father suffers a grisly accident, and then Neil is brutally assaulted and abducted. The price for his freedom will mean the betrayal and deception of those who trust Griffon most. But he has no choice: a no-compromise crime czar has made an ultimatum--that his own eighteen-year-old son be hired by Griffon's stables to ride the superstar horse, Archangel, in the Derby. And the young man must be trained to win. Or else....
Halley is looking into a nobleman's permanent losing streak when he discovers a murdered jockey.
A surefire computerized betting system draws desperate men who will do anything to gain control of it.
Een jonge bankier tracht zijn cliënt, een paardenfokker, te helpen wanneer in diens stoeterij twee moorden worden gepleegd.
Een jockey komt de eigenares van zijn paarden te hulp als haar echtgenoot onder druk wordt gezet.
In Noorwegen wordt een Engelse jockey vermoord; een industrieel blijkt er iets mee te maken te hebben.
