Architect Lee Morris, having inherited part ownership in the Stratton Park racecourse, would like to see the complex restored to its former glory, but instead he finds himself in the middle of a violent struggle among the other heirs that poses a threat to his life.
When Tim Ekaterin, a young inevestment banker, arranges a loan for the purchase of a racehorse being put out to stud, he finds himself caught up in a complex web of deceit, violence, and murder.
"Beware. Many people are not what they seem." So proclaims the ad for the Great Transcontinental Mystery Race, a glitering rail junket that promises not only the opportunity to race a throughbred on some of the world's great courses but something more: an intriguing mystery to be enacted on board, which passengers will be invited to solve.
