First published 2012
Mark Shillingford calls horse races for television. His twin sister Clare rides horses professionally and wins often. During one race, Mark watches Clare finish second when she clearly could have taken first place. He suspects she deliberately lost to fix the outcome. That evening, Mark confronts Clare about throwing the race. She becomes angry and leaves after they argue. Mark never sees his sister alive again. Hours pass before Clare plunges from a London hotel balcony to her death. The authorities call it suicide, but Mark cannot accept this explanation. Grief and guilt consume him as he questions whether he caused her death through their confrontation. Mark begins investigating what drove Clare to jump. He searches for the truth behind her final hours and the suspicious race. Did Clare really kill herself, or did someone murder her? Mark must uncover whether his sister's death connects to the race fixing he suspected.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: investigation, unreliable-narrator
Setting: London
354 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Content warnings: suicide