num_pages: 384
description: Sid Halley, ex-champion jockey turned investigator, is facing his toughest test.A number of horses have been brutally mutilated, horrifying their owners and the general public. Even Sid's friend, broadcaster Ellis Quint, has been moved to make a shocking programme about it.But when Sid is asked to look into the case, the evidence he uncovers points in a startling direction and he finds that his head must overrule his heart.As friends and associates are angered by his discoveries, so Sid is drawn into a terrible web of conspiracy and intrigue. Escape will require all his legendary wits and cunning . . .
language: English
title: Come to Grief
titlecomplete: Come to Grief (Sid Halley, #3)
characters: Sid Halley
genres: Horse Racing, Thriller, Detective, Crime, Horses, Suspense, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, British Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 5426
series: Sid Halley
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Shamus Award
category: Best PI Hardcover, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize 日本冒険小説協会大賞特別賞
category:  Best Translated Novel
publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons