Six years ago private investigator Sid Halley retired. Hed been harassed beaten shot even lost a handenough was enough. For the sake of his wife and new daughter he gave up that life and he thought nothing would ever lure him back into the game. He thought wrong. Sir Richard Stewart chairman of the racing authority begs Sid to investigate a series of dodgy races. Sid refuses. Then Sir Richard is found dead under suspicious circumstances. And then a man with an Irish accent s Sid telling him to deliver a whitewashed report about the suspected racefixing...or else. At first Sid ignores these warnings. But as the intimidation tactics escalateand his own family comes under threatSid realizes he must meet his enemy headon...or he might pay the ultimate price for his refusal. show more