
Another fine, thrilling novel from the pen of Dick Francis.
Ben Julliard wants to become a race jockey. But he is plucked from his promising career by some false allegation and catapulted into helping his father who is contesting a county election.
The problem is that his father has too many enemies who do not hesitate to either injure him in order to scare him to vacate that seat or even kill him. Ben gets in the thick of action by helping his father to win the election.
Once that done, Ben gets off to University to study mathematics and revive his racing career side by side. But the clouds continue to hover over his father who has now become a successful politician and vying for the top leadership of the party.
The same set of people are out to derail him. Ben manages to solve the crime and attempted crime in his amateurish way. Dick continues to enthrall readers with his fast paced novels. Goodreads 5/5