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"As rousing and straightforward as a stretch drive to the wire." NEWSWEEK Dick Francis is no ordinary mystery writer, and jockey Philip Nore is no ordinary hero. When Nore begins to suspect that a track photographer's fatal accident was really murder, he sets out to discover the truth and to trap the killer. Slowly, he unravels some nasty secrets of corruption, blackmail and murder--and unwittingly sets himself up as the killer's next target. "A burst with action." THE LOST ANGELES TIMES From the Paperback edition.