Deadly Finish : A fresh and exhilarating racing thriller of suspicion and secrets

A gripping new racing thriller from bestselling author John FrancomeIt's summer, Royal Ascot, and life is good for young trainer Simon Waterford.

He has inherited his father's top-class yard, his brilliant two-year-old has just won the Coventry Stakes and he is soon to marry his beautiful half-Brazilian girlfriend.

But Mariana has a secret which would wreck her hopes of marriage -- and which Simon's uncle Geoff has found out. And he has threatened to tell Simon. On their way back from the races, two rough-looking young men pass lewd comments about Mariana.

There's not much of a brawl -- it's over too quickly and is hardly even-handed -- but it leaves Mariana in a sea of blood tending to Simon's wounded face, while Geoff lies dead on the floor.

It's a tragedy, of course, but Mariana can't help but feel relieved.

Her secret is safe, for now...