When amateur jockey Ian Pembroke uncovers a dark secret from the past, he finds himself in a situation more dangerous than a high stakes horse race. Thirty-three-year-old Ian has had an unusual family life. His spectacularly wealthy father has been married five times. And the last Mrs. Pembroke was recently found smothered—with her head in a bag of potting soil. Now his father has become the target of mysterious “accidents”. As Ian plunges into the role of bodyguard, deadly forces of greed, hate, and vengeance swirl about him.