Tim Ekaterin raised millions of dollars to finance the purchase of Sandcastle, a champion racer, only to discover an apparent defect in the horse. Investigating further, Ekaterin learns that the business of investment banking is nothing compared to the cutthroat world of horseracing--a world where violence and murder only raise the stakes...
"The most elaborate plot Francis has yet devised."--The Washington Post Book World
"The unraveling...comes with all the breathless pace we have come to expect of this superb writer."--The New York Times Book Review