These are English writers basically about the horse races in England. Apparently you go to a bookie at the track to make bets, not the track running the gambling which is bizarre in itself. So you learn about England racing. Meanwhile the main character gets in a fix with horse tampering, murder and pet chips that go into the race horses. Also his past history of a supposed dead father who shows up and is promptly killed in front of him.
Scams, crooked gamblers fixing races and stuff like that. I didn't think it was horrible, it was well written, never really boring and he explains stuff he's sure Americans don't understand about English racing. I would personally prefer more about individual gambling stories than the background murder, race fixing, price gouging etc but it was entertaining-which is a PLUS.
What upset me as an animal lover was the casual disregard for slaughtering horses that did poorly on the track. The crooks took a crappy horse who physically matched a good racer, killed the crappy horse, had the good one take it's place racing thus giving it better odds (higher price). So I really hated that they didn't call ASPCA's or get more pissed off about shoving ping pong balls up the horses noses and watching them suffer to death. That really pissed me off but didn't phase the writer or his characters AT ALL. So beside that...ok reading. If you love animals you'll want to flip off an email to the Francis's tho-with a flip off. :)
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