Valuable stud horse Crimson Cavalier is stolen from unpopular breeder Chester Ackerman and a ransom note for three million pounds delivered. Jim suspects that another stable owner, Miles Cockburn, in debt to Ackerman, has taken the horse and passed him off as his brother to win a prestigious race, and the fact that Ackerman's stable lad and Cockburn's stable girl are a couple adds to the list of suspects. Phillipa Vale, released from prison, returns to Jersey and follows her own investigation, helping Jim to recover Crimson Cavalier, as well as being an unlikely go-between for him and Susan.
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