Audio Book Description:
When defense lawyer Geoffrey Mason hears the judge`s ruling at London`s Old Bailey, he quietly hopes that a substantial sentence will be handeddown to is arrogant young client. That Julian Trent receives only eight years seems all to lenient. Little does Mason realize that he`ll be lookingTrent in the eyes again much sooner than that. Setting aside his barrister`sgown and wig, Mason heads to Sandown racetrack to don his colorful racingsilks. As an amateur jockey, he fulfills his true passion by pounding the turf in theheat of a steeplechase. Yet when a fellow rider is brutallymurdered-a pitchfork driven through his chest-Mason`s racing hobby soon becomes too close to his work. The prime suspect is one of theirbrethren, champion jockey Steve Mitchell, and the evidence against him seems overwhelming. Mason is reluctant to heed Mitchell`s pleafor legal help-but he soon finds himself at the center of a sinister web of violence, threats and intimidation. Mason is left fightinga battle of right and wrong, and more immediately, a battle of life and death...hisown.