Bloodstock

As a racehorse, Moondancer had been a champion; but as a stallion he was a total failure. So when he is found dead in his box at the Drumgarrick stud one morning, his owners feel more relieved than sorry, and promptly make a massive five million pound insurance claim.

But then Drumgarrick's owner disappears and his son Fergus is left facing financial ruin . . . and a corpse. A brilliant amateur jockey, Fergus has a vested interest in seeing the claim is met in full. But Jack Hendred, the insurance investigator, is sure that is is fraudulent, and determined to prove it . . .

The lush countryside of Ireland forms the background to this gripping tale of intrigue and greed in the bloodstock business. An attempted betting coup at Leopardstown, hair-raising National Hunt racing scenes, two grisly murders and a dramatic Dublin trial are the ingredients of this new high-voltage thriller from the winning team of Francome and MacGregor.