Belinda Sandford thrills to the cheers of the crowd as her racehorse thunders past the finishing post first at Wincanton Racecourse. But joy soon turns to despair as a stewards' enquiry overturns the result and awards the race to her rival, Alexandra Deacon. When Alex is found dead in suspicious circumstances, suspicion falls on Belinda, and she asks retired police officer Adam Hennessy to help clear her name. In this sequel to A Village Murder, Adam, Belinda, and local hotelier Imogen Bishop dig deep into the horse racing world, finding something sinister in the beautiful Somerset countryside.