Only when its too late does Mike Powell realise that hes wasted his talents as a jockey & spoilt his marriage. His riding career is in decline; his beautiful wife Tessa has left him. & to cap it all hes almost bankrupt having tried to build a future by pinhooking. Then on the way to the Sports Personality of the Year Awards Mike is killed in a car crash. When his old friend Jed Harvard discovers that Mikes estate has been left to an American called George Parker
- a man hes never heard of before
- his suspicions are aroused. While tracking down George Jed discovers that Mikes business deals have left a number of bitter enemies & he realises that all is not what it seems...