Jockey Josh Swallow is about to retire and he s aiming to go out at the top. He s ridden over 1000 winners and landed all the big prizes in the sport - all except one. So he's determined that this season the title of champion jockey will finally be his. But it won t be easy. There s Ben O Brien, the brilliant young Irish rider in his first full season who already has a lead on Josh in the championship race. And leading trainer Leo Lovall, once Josh s best friend and now his most bitter enemy. There s also someone else with a keen interest in Josh. She s his biggest fan, though he has no idea she exists. And hers is the kind of obsession that will never be satisfied - not even by murder...