Taking the Fall

Duncan Claymore could have it all. He's one of the country's most promising young riders and this year his sights are set squarley on being crowned Champion Jockey. He has the talent and tenacity, but he also has his vices, and it's these that threaten to overthrow his buring ambition.

Duncan was taught everything he knows by his father, Charlie, an ex-trainer whose career and reputation was destroyed when a bitter rivalry got out of hand. It ruined him and Charlie hasn't been able to set foot on a racecourse since.

Now, with his father;s health rapidly declining, Duncan is desperate to win the National Hunt Championship and take down the men responsible for Charlie's ruin. But can he do both or must he choose between his family and his future?

Dark, gripping and compulsive, Taking the Fall is the brand new novel from champion jockey A. P. McCoy.