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From champion jockey A.P. McCoy comes a tense and utterly gripping racing thriller.Duncan Claymore could have it all. He''s one of the country''s up and coming young jockeys and this season his sights are set on getting right to the top, but his demons threaten to overwhelm him.Duncan was taught everything he knows by his father, Charlie, a former trainer whose career and reputation were destroyed when a series of bitter rivalries got out of hand. It ruined him and Charlie hasn''t been able to set foot on a racecourse since.Now, with his father''s health rapidly declining, Duncan is desperate to beat the best and at the same time take down the men responsible for Charlie''s ruin. But can he do both or must he choose between his family and his future?

The fully updated autobiography of Tony ''A.P.'' McCoy, Grand National and BBC SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR winner and unquestionably the greatest jump jockey ever.Tony ''A.P.'' McCoy is without doubt the greatest and most successful jump jockey of all time. He has collected a record 16 consecutive jump-jockey titles to date, since 1992 he has ridden more than 3,000 winners, saying ''I never stop dreaming of the day I''ll reach 4,000'', and in 2002 he beat Sir Gordon Richards''s record of 269 winners in a season by riding 289. In April 2010, A.P. achieved his lifelong ambition when he won the Grand National at Aintree on Don''t Push It. It was his 15th attempt to win the race, a victory that captured the public''s imagination and further enhanced a glittering career in which he had seemingly won all there was to win. It was the missing piece in the racing jigsaw for a champion jockey who had already had famous victories in the King George VI Chase, Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase and Cheltenham Gold Cup.This powerfully honest autobiography looks at life at the very top in National Hunt racing, and includes the highs and lows of A.P. winning his second Gold Cup, in 2012 on Synchronised, fifteen years after his first, only to see the horse put down after a fall in that year''s Grand National.These are the memoirs of a true champion, an icon of sport, whose astonishing achievements are unlikely to be surpassed. It is a great story of courage and modesty, pain and professional setbacks, strong family values and sporting triumphs, the good guy coming first - and staying there.

MURDER, RIVALRY AND REVENGE...''Fast paced and unbeatable.'' The LadyEverything seems to be going right for brilliant young jockey Duncan Claymore. A career on the up, a beautiful wife, and all the trappings of wealth. But Duncan is haunted by the death of one of his arch-rivals. He may not have pulled the trigger, but he still has blood on his hands.As Duncan struggles to keep his focus on the job, Michelle O''Brien - a friend and talented fellow jockey - is killed and Duncan knows this was far from a tragic accident. He''s never liked William Osborne, but now he will stop at nothing to avenge Michelle''s death.With Duncan''s seemingly perfect world starting to come apart at the seams, can he balance his desire for victory on the field with his desire to see justice served?Praise for fast-paced thrilling crime novel, for fans of Stuart MacBride and LJ Ross:''A fast-paced tale of revenge . . . an entertaining and easy read'' HORSE & HOUND''A pacey read'' BELFAST TELEGRAPH''Efficiently written and tightly plotted with some good twists along the way'' CRIME CHRONICLESOther tense, high-stakes novels set in the world of competitive racing by Sports Personality AP McCoy:Taking the Fall