Dead Heat Francis, Dick;Francis, Felix

Max Moreton is a chef running a high-end catering company at British racecourses — think champagne receptions in the Royal Enclosure, not burgers at the bookies. His business is thriving until a foodborne illness outbreak at a posh event threatens to destroy everything he's built. When Max starts digging into what went wrong, he realizes someone deliberately poisoned the food. Now he's racing to find out who — and why — before they finish the job. Dick Francis teams up with his son Felix to deliver a thriller that trades jockeys for julienne knives but keeps the signature Francis tension: honor, danger, and people who'd kill to protect their secrets. For fans who like their mysteries served with stakes higher than the soufflé.