A high-society wedding, a glitzy masked ball and an introduction to the world of international show-jumping where the riders are glamorous, the horses are beautiful and intrigue runs deep, leave Agatha with a list of suspects as long as a stallion's tail. Sinister evidence then emerges that appears to seal Sir Charles's fate and Agatha must uncover the truth before a net of skulduggery closes around him and he loses his ancestral home, his entire estate and his freedom. And if events weren't complicated enough ... Agatha's ex-husband James Lacey is back in Carsely and back in Agatha's heart ...