Bay Tremayne heir to a viscountcy & manager of his fathers Dorset estate has one burning ambition
- to be selected to ride on the British Olympic three-day eventing team. But his dream is about to be put on hold. Arriving at the stables late one night to prepare his horse for a competition the next day Bay walks into a crisis. Thieves have targeted the tackroom & viciously attacked fifteen-year-old Abby Hathaway the stable owners daughter leaving her unconscious. As Abby lies in a coma what seems like freak chance sets Bay on the track of the thieves. Disregarding the advice of the investigating officer & increasingly unpleasant warnings from those involved he juggles sleuthing with his demanding job & a competitive riding career. But as the violence against him escalates & begins to affect those close to him Bay soon realises that someone under cover of the trouble he has stirred up is trying to kill him for reasons of their own & the race is on to find out who before they succeed...