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Derby Day At Epsom Downs. A Multitude Of People Crowd To Watch The Races: Dukes And Dustmen, Bishops And Beggars, Privileged Ladies And Prostitutes. The Gamut Of Victorian Society And A Hotbed For Crime And Crooks Of All Kinds. With The Nation A-Flutter In The Run Up To This National Event, A Disembodied Head Is Discovered On A Passenger Train At Crewe; The First In A Murky Course Of Events That Takes In Murder, Fraud And Race-Fixing. Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck And His Assistant Are Assigned To The Case And Are Soon Snarled Up In A Web Of Skulduggery Stretching Across The Country. They Are Forced To Ask Themselves, Just How Much Is Someone Prepared To Hazard To Win? |