An exhilarating fresh novel from the brand new York Times-bestselling writers.

Shell-shocked and lacking a foot-lost for an IED during his tour of responsibility in Afghanistan-Captain Tom Forsyth has been sent ‘house’ by the army and, at loose ends, profits to his estranged mother’s house for the first time since he joined up at seventeen. But Josephine Kauri, the ‘first lady of English racing,’ offers always place the horses she trains first and her family last. Tom shortly finds himself strained towards the breaking about Crossfire point with his mother and stepfather.

But there’s another reason behind the stifling stress at Kauri House Stables: Josephine has been blackmailed to get a hefty amount every week-and compelled to create her horses reduce. Retirement is not a choice, as she’s been warned that it will result in finished . she most doubts: exposure and ridicule . and prison, when the government finds out what she’s been hiding.

Tom sets out to discover and beat this hidden foe using his finely honed armed forces skills. But can he save his mother’s reputation and profession, or will he find himself captured in the cross fire?