As one of the youngest ever winners of the Grand National, Nick 'Foxy' Foxton's career as a world class jockey is on perfect track until a near fatal accident cuts his dream brutally short. But when he returns to Aintree as a spectator years later, nothing can prepare him for what unfolds. Minutes before the biggest event on the racing calendar, Nick's affable American colleague Herb Kovak is shot at point blank range, the gunman disappearing amongst the stunned crowd.
Along with the police, Nick is left baffled as to why anyone would want to kill such an apparently gentle soul.

"Felix Francis (born 1953) is a British crime writer who is Dick Francis’s younger son.

Penguin, 419 blz. pakketpost.