Book description
Steven Scott's nine racehorses are his pride and joy and he insists on
having them trained by this great friend, Jody Leeds. Then, gradually,
unwillingly, Steven learns that Jody has been systematically cheating
him of very large sums of money. Notunnaturally he removes the horses
from Jody's care, but this simple act unleashes a chain of unpredictable
consequences. Overnight, Steven's peaceful existence erupts into a
fierce and accelerating struggle to retain his good name and,
eventually, his life. HIGH STAKES takes a look at several plausible
fiddles and frauds, some of them funny, some vicious, but all of them
expensive for the fall guy. Dick Francis has written forty books, all
of them bestsellers, the last being SECOND WIND. He is widely acclaimed
as one of the world's finest thriller writers.
