Lincoln Tremayne, heir to a viscountcy and manager of his father s Dorset estate, has one burning ambitionto be selected to ride on the British Olympic Three-Day Eventing Team. But his dream is about to be put on hold. Arriving at the stables late one night, Lincoln walks into a crisis. Thieves have viciously attacked the stable owners' daughter, leaving her unconscious. As she lies in a coma, what appears to be freak chance sets Lincoln on the trail of the attackers. Disregarding the advice of the police and the increasingly unpleasant warnings from those involved, he juggles sleuthing with...

Ben Copperfield is a freelance journalist who specializes in all things equine, so when he s called with the news that the hot favorite for Britain s Cheltenham Gold Cup has been kidnapped just a few weeks before the race, he wastes no time in following up the story. Although the horse s owner and trainer, self-made millionaire Eddie Truman, immediately calls in the police, it seems he has one or two skeletons in his closet that he d rather not share with the authorities, and so he also employs Ben to investigate. With the promise of an exclusive and orders to report back only to Truman, Ben...

Damien Daniels has been murdered, shot through the chest by an expert marksman. It looks like a professional job, but who would want to kill a popular ex-jockey who trains racehorses for a living? Animal behaviorist Gideon Blake witnesses the shooting and is able to provide information that leads to an arrest, but many questions remain unanswered. Doa series of mysterious break-ins have any bearing on the case? What is the significance of the cryptic list found among the dead man's belongings? Gideon soon finds himself drawn into the mystery, and before long a terrifying conspiracy comes to...