Race tracks and breeding farms and the colorful characters they attract offers a rich setting for any mystery. And in this one Pat Hewitt provides a rare insider's look into contemporary horse racing and life on the far side of the track.Anthony Whiting, trading in his career as a lawyer for the life of the harness racing circuit, has become the leading trainer at a prestigious California race meet -- with Jessica Phillips, a smart, beautiful veterinarian, at his side and a barn full of the West Coast's top horses under his hand.But then, inexplicably, the horses begin dying. Tony convinces himself that the deaths, however bizarre, are accidental. He's soon forced to abandon that conclusion when an accident convinces him that his life is in peril unless he can solve the puzzle. Who is attempting to ruin him? And why?From the jumble of often conflicting clues Tony develops a startling theory that implicates people deep within the inner circles of not only the state's large horse-breeding industry, but the harness-racing industry across the country as well.