Taking the fall
2013, First Edition. Orion, London. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Signed edition. Item #427005
ISBN: 9781409129578
Physical Description; 245 pages; 24 cm. Summary; Duncan Claymore could have it all. He's one of the country's up and coming young jockeys and this season his sights are set on getting right to the top. He has the talent and the tenacity, but he also has his demons, and it's these that threaten to overthrow his burning ambition. Duncan was taught everything he knows by his father, Charlie, a former trainer whose career and reputation were destroyed when a series of bitter rivalries got out of hand. It ruined him and Charlie hasn't been able to set foot on a racecourse since. Now, with his father's health rapidly declining, Duncan is desperate to beat the best and at the same time take down the men responsible for Charlie's ruin. But can he do both or must he choose between his family and his future? Dark, gripping and compulsive, 'Taking the Fall' is the first thriller from champion jockey, A.P. McCoy. Subjects; Crime. Detective and mystery fiction. Detective and mystery stories. Horse racing. Jockeys. Revenge. Thriller fiction. Thrillers (Fiction). Vengeance.
Price: €25.00