Another racing thriller from Charlie De Luca, author of Rank Outsiders, The Gift Horse, Twelve in the Sixth, Making Allowances, Hoodwinked and Dark Minster.
Praise for Charlie De Luca.
'He is fast becoming my favourite author!'
'Enjoyable books which are really well plotted and keep you guessing.'
'Charlie's books keep getting better and better.'
'Right up there with the best horse racing thriller writers!'
Nat Wilson is an ex--champion steeplechase jockey who makes a comeback after a serious injury. He is determined to win his title back and everything starts off well. Then he is beset by a series of unusual falls on horses that should have won, and rumours start to circulate which imply that he has lost his nerve. He brushes off these incidents until a journalist, Topper McGrew, writes a series of inflammatory articles about him. Confused and angry, he turns to his best friend, ex-jockey Finn McCarthy and dietician, Harriet Lucas, to find out who is behind this whispering campaign against him.
However, Finn McCarthy, now a jockey coach, has troubles of his own. He had hoped that his new crop of conditional jockeys would be straightforward compared to previous charges, but when one of them winds up dead following an argument, he and his friend, Harriet Lucas, find themselves viewing them all in a very different light. The race is on to find out what is going on and the pair find themselves in a tight finish to catch the perpetrators before they strike again.
Fast paced and with lot of twists and turns, this is an enthralling book set in the world of National Hunt racing.
About Charlie De Luca
Charlie was brought up on a stud farm where his father had a permit to train National Hunt horses; hence his life long passion for horse racing was borne. He reckons he visited every racecourse in England by the time he was ten. He has always loved horses but grew too tall to be a jockey. Charlie lives in rural Lincolnshire with the family and a variety of animals, including some ex-racehorses.
Genre: Mystery
Praise for Charlie De Luca.
'He is fast becoming my favourite author!'
'Enjoyable books which are really well plotted and keep you guessing.'
'Charlie's books keep getting better and better.'
'Right up there with the best horse racing thriller writers!'
Nat Wilson is an ex--champion steeplechase jockey who makes a comeback after a serious injury. He is determined to win his title back and everything starts off well. Then he is beset by a series of unusual falls on horses that should have won, and rumours start to circulate which imply that he has lost his nerve. He brushes off these incidents until a journalist, Topper McGrew, writes a series of inflammatory articles about him. Confused and angry, he turns to his best friend, ex-jockey Finn McCarthy and dietician, Harriet Lucas, to find out who is behind this whispering campaign against him.
However, Finn McCarthy, now a jockey coach, has troubles of his own. He had hoped that his new crop of conditional jockeys would be straightforward compared to previous charges, but when one of them winds up dead following an argument, he and his friend, Harriet Lucas, find themselves viewing them all in a very different light. The race is on to find out what is going on and the pair find themselves in a tight finish to catch the perpetrators before they strike again.
Fast paced and with lot of twists and turns, this is an enthralling book set in the world of National Hunt racing.
About Charlie De Luca
Charlie was brought up on a stud farm where his father had a permit to train National Hunt horses; hence his life long passion for horse racing was borne. He reckons he visited every racecourse in England by the time he was ten. He has always loved horses but grew too tall to be a jockey. Charlie lives in rural Lincolnshire with the family and a variety of animals, including some ex-racehorses.
Genre: Mystery
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