Synopsis
When popular jockey Sammy Hogarth dies from a high dose of warfarin, Dalziel and Pascoe are forced to investigate the dark side of horse racing. In her first case as a DC, Posh is given the task of calling everyone on Sammy's phone - only to uncover the case of missing girl Julie-Anne Henshaw, who disappeared without trace a year ago. Suspecting that the two cases could be linked, Dalziel investigates the course vet Drummond Sachs, suspecting that he may be responsible for a match-fixing scandal which resulted in big payouts for the syndicate. However, when Sachs is killed in a light aircraft crash carrying a baby on board, Dalziel realises that there is more to the case than first meets the eye. As a horrific tale of rape and destruction unfolds as the motive for Julie-Anne's murder, Dalziel realises that all those dead were connected to that horrific night.