Book description
Multi-millionaire Malcolm Pembroke's colourful life has included five
wives and nine children. When his fifth wife is murdered, he patches up
a quarrel that has been simmering for nearly three years with his
favourite son Ian, and asks for help. Ian Pembroke, who detested the
fifth wife Moria, agrees to meet his father at Newmarket yearling sales.
From here he is instantly whirled into a horrifying race against time to
find Moira's murderer before the maniac can strike again. Greed, malice
and lethal ploys lie ahead on the rocketing journeyings of father and
son as they track the killer remorselessly. Yet they are still able to
grab some enjoyment along with the peril as they find time to watch many
of the world's top races.
Dick Francis has written thirty-nine novels, a volume of short
stories (Field of 13), his autobiography (The Sport of
Queens) and the biography of Lester Piggott. He is rightly
acclaimed as one of greatest thriller writers in the world.
He has received many awards, amongst them the prestigious Crime
Writers Association s Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding
contribution to the genre, and the Mystery Writers of America have
given him three Edgar Allan Poe awards for the best novel of the year,
and in 1996 mad him a Grand Master for a lifetime s achievement. He
was awarded the CBE in the Queen s Birthday Honours List in 2000.
Dick Francis divides his time between England and an island in the Caribbean.
