Dead Ringer - John Francome

Fourteen years ago David Tredington ran away from home and vanished. His father, Sir Mark, one of England’s top breeders, has never given up the search for his son, and now, thanks to his godson, affable blood stock agent Johnny Henderson, David has been found alive and well in County Mayo.

When the charismatic young man returns to the family’s Devonshire estate, he receives a mixed welcome. His elder sister, Lucy, and Sir Mark’s secretary, Susan Butley, distrust him from the start. Jason Dolton, David’s brother-in-law and rival jockey, is even less pleased to see another heir to the Tredington fortune. But David’s natural skills as a jockey soon attract favourable attention in the steeple-chasing world.

Then a terrifying accident leads to an innocent stable lad’s death, and David suspects that his own life is in danger. Someone in the racing world wants him to disappear all over again and David must find out who and why before it is too late…