Come to Grief
Dick Francis brings back Sid Halley, champion jockey-turned-PI of his earlier novelsWhip HandandOdds Against, in this troubling story.  Ellis Quint has everything he could want: fame, youth, money, good looks, and talent.  What Sid has to figure out is why his friend Ellis also has a streak of sadism that leads him  to cut off horses' hooves in the dead of night. Sid's search for the truth leads him into the lowest depths of human nature.  Winner of theEdgar Awardfor best mystery novel.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.