Banker - Dick Francis

When young investment banker Tim Ekaterin becomes involved in the cutthroat world of thoroughbred racing, he finds his life in business blown to smithereens. For suddenly the multimillion-dollar loan he arranges to finance the purchase of a champion racehorse is threatened by an apparent defect in the animal. Then, as Tim desperately searches for answers, he falls headlong into a deadly deal of violence and murder. An investment banker arranges the purchase of a champion racehorse and gets caught up in murder in this New York Times bestseller that's fraught with violence, conspiracy and, of course, horses ( The Boston Globe ). Tim Ekaterin raised millions of dollars to finance the purchase of Sandcastle, a champion racer, only to discover an apparent defect in the horse. Investigating further, Ekaterin learns that the business of investment banking is nothing compared to the cutthroat world of horseracing--a world where violence and murder only raise the stakes... The most elaborate plot Francis has yet devised.-- The Washington Post Book World The unraveling...comes with all the breathless pace we have come to expect of this superb writer.-- The New York Times Book Review