Edward Lincoln has scaled the Himalayas, survived deadly car chases and defeated scores of assassins. As a movie action man hes even suffered stoically at the hands of sadistic directors. After finishing his latest film, hes asked to visit South Africa to discover why a dying friends horses are suddenly failing on the race track.
Jonah Dereham is a bloodstock agent who buys and sells horses for his clients. As an ex-jockey, its the ideal quiet life - until Jonah is attacked by thugs out to sabotage his business. Unfortunately for them, Jonahs a man with a steely resolve. Hes determined to find out who is trying to ruin him, and why.
On the first day of Royal Ascot, the crowd rejoices in a string of winning favourites. Ned Talbot has worked all his life as a bookmaker - taking over the family business from his grandfather - so he knows not to expect any sympathy from the punters as they count their winnings, and he counts his losses. He's seen the ups and downs before - but, as the big gambling conglomerates muscle in on small concerns like his, Ned wonders if it's worth it any more. When a grey-haired man steps forward from the crowd claiming to be his father, Ned's life is thrown into far deeper turmoil. He'd been told since he was a baby that his parents had died in a car crash. Barely an hour later his newly found father is stabbed by an unknown assailant in the Ascot car park. Blood oozing from his abdomen, he warns Ned: 'Be very careful'. But of whom? Of what? Ned finds himself in a race to solve his father's riddles, a race where coming second could cost him more than even money, it could cost him his life.
Captain Thomas Forsyth′s tour of Afghanistan is cut brutally short when he′s badly wounded by an IED - an Improvised Explosive Device - a roadside bomb. Tom′s world is torn apart by the injury - the army is his life. Six months of recuperation leave is a daunting prospect - but not as bleak as the probability of never rejoining his regiment.
Royal Ascot's first day, and bookmaker Ned Talbot watches helplessly as a string of favourites come in. With the punters totting up their winnings, he counts his losses. Then an old man steps forward with a very different claim. The father Ned never knew - long ago believed killed in a car crash - is standing before him. Barely an hour later, Ned's newly-found father is dying in Ascot's car park. Stabbed by an unknown assailant, he warns Ned 'be very careful'. But of whom? Of what? Ned races to discover the truth behind his father's disappearance and sudden reappearance. It's not just money on the line now. It's lives.
On the first day of Royal Ascot, the crowd rejoices in a string of winning favourites. Ned Talbot has worked all his life as a bookmaker ndash; taking over the family business from his grandfather ndash; so he knows not to expect any sympathy from the punters as they count their winnings, and he counts his losses. He's seen the ups and downs before ndash; but, as the big gambling conglomerates muscle in on small concerns like his, Ned wonders if it's worth it any more.When a grey-haired man steps forward from the crowd claiming to be his father, Ned's life is thrown into far deeper turmoil. He'd been told since he was a baby that his parents had died in a car crash.Barely an hour later his newly found father is stabbed by an unknown assailant in the Ascot car park. Blood oozing from his abdomen, he warns Ned: 'Be very careful'. But of whom? Of what? Ned finds himself in a race to solve his father's riddles, a race where coming second could cost him more than even money, it could cost him his life.
Shell-shocked and missing a foot, lost to an IED during his tour of duty in Afghanistan, Captain Tom Forsyth uses his finely honed military skills to find the person blackmailing his estranged mother--the first lady of British racing--who is being forced to make her horses lose.
