Kit Fielding (a character we have met before in the world of Dick Francis) is not having a good period in his life. His girlfriend is in the process of leaving him, an international arms dealer is threatening him, and someone is trying to spike his career as a jockey too.
Kit rides for a Princess and he sees her after a race speaking with a very rude man. The Princess invites Kit to come to her house which she shares with her husband and Kit's girlfriend. The rude man is discovered to be the business partner of the Princesse's husband. The business partner wants her husband to sign up to using a plastic developed in the use of firearms. He refuses and we are off and running again in this 1986 Dick Francis thriller.
Two of the Princess's horses are shot (using a bolt used by vets), and one of these horses was a top tip for the Grand National. Kit's girlfriend is followed and the business partner is the man in the frame, abetted by other characters in the novel. The failure of the Princess's husband to sign up has serious violent repercussions.
Roland, the Princess's husband nearly signs up and Kit persuades him not to. However, the violence and the danger and the intrigue continues.
A good novel and 8/10 for me.
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