Jack Irish – gambler, cook and cabinetmaker, finder of people who don’t want to be found – has a new job, hunting for evidence that might save the beautiful sculptor Sarah Longmore from a murder rap. In a rainy autumn, with Jack’s old flame Linda Hillier on a plane to London, the Saints about to front another season and legendary jockey Harry Strang in pursuit of a dark horse, it’s a tricky task. By the time Jack pieces together the strange events that led to Mickey’s death, he’s in a world of shady deals and sexual secrets and untimely death.