The classic mystery tale from legendary crime writer Dick Francis, in a stunning new paperback package.

‘Admiral met the fence perfectly. He rose to it as if flight were not only for birds. And he fell.’

Alan York’s friend, jockey Bill Davidson, was killed in Admiral’s fall. After the race, York visits the fence and discovers a coil of wire lying beside the fence post and signs of where the wire had been attached.

The fall was no accident - but murder.

Unable to convince the police of this, York is forced to turn amateur sleuth and is soon on the trail of a ruthless gang of race-fixers.