Synopsis

The rain slicked the asphalt, mirroring the grim resolve in Detective Harding’s eyes. He stood at the scene – a dark alley reeking of damp concrete and something metallic. Arthur Penhaligon, a man on the verge of exposing a vast network of racing fraud, lay lifeless. The details were stark: a single, precise wound, suggesting a professional’s hand. Penhaligon had been a thorn in the side of the racing establishment for years, meticulously gathering evidence of manipulated races and illicit b