At Ascot, a man claiming to be bookie Ned Talbot's father approaches him. But Ned has always thought his father was dead. Soon he is, stabbed in the Ascot parking lot. Ned finds himself in a race to solve his father's riddle – a racewhere coming in second could cost him more than even money: it could cost him his life. "Taut crime thriller... an especially sympathetic hero."—Publishers Weekly