He Trots the Air

The three shady characters gathered in a mildewy old trailer are up to no good. Dix, Rosemary, and Johnny have been hired by someone unknown to drug Cary McCutcheon's horse before it runs the Virginia Gold Cup next October.

At the party celebrating Darkling Lord's departure to Fayence Farm for special training, there's good reason for Connie Holt's unease around Rosemary, who's filling in for Cary's regular secretary while she's on vacation. An equine insurance investigator who works for Cary and his wife, Pam, Connie has grown close to Dark during the thoroughbred's time at the McCutcheon farm. But despite her misgivings about the temp, little does she suspect the criminal plot that's at hand.

A richly textured exploration into the fascinating world of horse culture, the sequel to "The Case of the Three Dead Horses" continues to follow Connie Holt as she carries out her duties and helps the team gear up for the big steeplechase event. An old and potentially valuable oil painting by a famous equine artist and a budding romance keep her life interesting, but things really get exciting when she confronts the conspirators who are out to harm the magnificent black thoroughbred.