One For The Roses - A Brian Cole Novel (Paperback)

The elements are there. They have what it takes. An exceptional trainer, a world class jockey. Both are teamed with the most talented thoroughbred colt to come along in years. Their goal is to achieve what the world of horseracing thrives on, to sweep the famed Triple Crown. Yes, the Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont. However when you have money, prestige, and, fame linked together you can be sure evil lurks in every shadow to the point no one can be trusted. To trust would be fatal in a game that has neither rules nor loyalty. Thoroughbred jockey Brian Cole badly wanting to retire and would if not for one more chance at the roses with the talented colt that he has secured the mount upon. Although he now realizes that he should have just walked away after the first night of what became a reoccurring nightmare. He didn't though and now an un-seemly inheritance has been placed at his feet, one that will not let him walk away. It has only sucked him deeper into the madness. So now the race is on, not only to solve the murders but also to win the cov-eted blanket of roses which is the first stepping stone to the Triple Crown. The big question though is Brian Cole and the colt the team for those special roses that bloom only on the first Saturday of May?