Lindee Stone, a champion barrel racer and horse trainer, moves in next door and forces Gail’s horses off of the pasture that Gail has rented for the past number of years.  It seems that Lindee is setting up a horse training business with a barrel racing school on the side and needs the extra grazing land to board horses.

When Gail drops in to confront the new neighbor she catches Lindee in the middle of a workout and witnesses what appears to be a tragic accident, which takes the life of the overbearing horse trainer.  But there’s something about the way things happened that just didn’t seem right. Gail has her doubts about whether it was really an accident.

Within a few days another accident occurs in the same training ring and now Dr. Gail is convinced that there are some very deliberate actions behind these mishaps.  Gail befriends the young woman who maintains the stable and cares for the horses; the woman who was Lindee’s right hand.  The picture begins to clear and Gail realizes that her suspicions are well founded.

Lindee was a ruthless and conniving businesswoman so there are plenty of suspects with solid motives and most of them have the expertise and opportunity.  There are lots of red herrings in this tale.

The book moves at a decent pace and there’s enough action to hold the reader's interest.  Its dialog is easy to follow and not overloaded with rodeo jargon understood only by cowboys. It’s a rather short book but it tells the complete story. The only thing that I would change would be the graphic references to the joys of breastfeeding your infant.

The story has a great and exciting ending and is well worth your time.