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Max Moreton is a rising culinary star and his Newmarket restaurant, The Hay Net, has brought him great acclaim and a widening circle of admirers. But when nearly all the guests who enjoyed one of his meals at a private catered affair fall victim to severe food poisoning, his kitchen is shuttered and his reputation takes a hit. Scrambling to meet his next obligation, an exclusive luncheon for forty in the glass-fronted private boxes at the Two Thousand Guineas, Max must overcome the previous evening's disaster and provide the new American sponsors of the year's first classic race with a day to remember.
Then a bomb blast rips through the private boxes, killing some of Max's trusted staff as well as many of the guests. As survivors are rushed to the hospital, Max is left to survey the ruins of the grandstand-and of his career. Two close calls are too close for comfort, and Max vows to protect his name-and himself- before it's too late.
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Dick Francis, geboren 1920, war viele Jahre Englands erfolgreichster Jockey, bis ein mysteriöser Sturz 1956 seine Karriere beendete. Er schrieb über dreißig Jahre lang Thriller, die mehr oder weniger das Pferderenn- und Wettmilieu als Hintergrund haben. Dick Francis lebte mit seiner Frau auf den Cayman-Inseln, wo er 2010 verstarb.
Felix Francis, geboren 1963 als jüngerer Sohn des Bestsellerautors und Ex-Jockeys Dick Francis. Er firmierte bei vier Büchern als Co-Autor seines Vaters und leistete die Recherchearbeit für viele weitere. Bevor er eigene Thriller in der Tradition seines Vaters zu schreiben begann, arbeitete er als Physiklehrer. Felix Francis lebt in England.
