John Kendall knows how to survive. He's written six handbooks on the subject. Now he wants to become a novelist
- preferably without starving to death. But when cold & hunger set in Kendall impulsively accepts an unlikely job. He is to research & write a biography of Tremayne Vickers a famous racecourse trainer. Staying at Vickers' home in rural Berkshire Kendall soon learns to like his host & friends learns to ride racehorses learns about murderers... And how his own survival tips can become deadly traps...