About the book: 2011 / During the Grand National races at Aintree, in front of hundreds of people, an unknown person kills Geb Kovak, a financial consultant at Layall and Black, a person, at first glance, completely law-abiding and not involved in criminal stories. Nick Foxton, a former jockey, friend and colleague of Kovak, and also, by unfortunate chance, a direct witness to the crime, simply cannot stay away. And when bullets begin to whistle over his head, he becomes convinced that the investigation he has started, or rather, its speedy completion, is the only way to stay alive. However, here it’s like at a horse race: if luck smiles, heads come up - you’re a winner, if you miss the chance, tails come up - you’ll fly out of the saddle, and someone else will take away a valuable prize. Too valuable a prize…