num_pages: 304
description: The unexpected arrival of a new apprentice jockey at his father's racing stables heralds the beginning of a series of dark happenings for Neil Griffon. First his father suffers a grisly accident, and then Neil is brutally assaulted and abducted. The price for his freedom will mean the betrayal and deception of those who trust Griffon most. But he has no choice: a no-compromise crime czar has made an ultimatum--that his own eighteen-year-old son be hired by Griffon's stables to ride the superstar horse, Archangel, in the Derby. And the young man must be trained to win. Or else....
language: English
title: Bonecrack
titlecomplete: Bonecrack
genres: Thriller, Detective, Crime, Horses, Suspense, Mystery Thriller, Mystery, British Literature, Fiction, Murder Mystery
ratings_count: 4531
awards: awardedAt: 31564800000
name: CWA Silver Dagger
publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons