"He doesn't really want to do it, but ex-prizewinning jockey Jonah Dereham soon finds himself bidding for a young steeplechaser. The money he's spending belongs to Mrs. Kerry Sanders, a very wealthy American woman who wants the horse for the son of a special friend. Fine-for a generous commission, he'll buy the horse. What isn't fine is the crunch on the skull he gets after the auction. Unfortunately for his health, it is only the first in a series of abusive and downright illegal attacks that Jonah must survive before he ultimately figures out the real game that's afoot ..."--BOOK COVER.
- ISBN10 0613128176
- ISBN13 9780613128179
- Publish Date 22 February 1993 (first published 3 January 1984)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 April 2021
- Imprint Turtleback Books
- Edition Turtleback School & Library ed.
- Format Hardcover (Library Binding)
- Language English