Cut Throat
By (Author) Lyndon Stacey
Cornerstone
Arrow Books Ltd
1st October 2003
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
592
Width 110mm, Height 178mm, Spine 36mm
311g
'The closest to taking Dick Francis' crown... terrific, pacy stuff' The Bookseller Jealousy and greed form a deadly alliance in the highly charged world of international showjumping. Ross Wakelin, a talented American rider with a chequered past, has come to England hoping for a fresh start. But soon after he arrives at Oakley Manor yard he learns that all is not as it seems. Bellboy, a winner of the Hickstead Derby, was recently found in his stable with a cut throat - his violent death marked the beginning of a cruel vendetta against one of the owners at the yard. Unwittingly, Ross is drawn into a deadly spiral of threatening events and finds himself at the heart of the terrifying campaign. Now, with more than just his career at stake, he must uncover the secrets of Oakley Manor. But as he begins to close in on the truth, he finds that someone is prepared to go to any lengths to destroy him, and knows exactly where to strike...
'The closest to taking Dick Francis' crown... terrific, pacy stuff' The Bookseller
Lyndon Stacey is an animal portrait artist by trade and has a love of Western style horse riding. She lives on the outskirts of the New Forest. Cut Throat is her first novel.