A rough and raunchy ride exposing the dark underbelly of the
glamorous Victorian racing set in a taut fact-based story from
acclaimed racing writer Michael Tanner. 'ARE THEY COMING?' The last
words of champion jockey Fred Archer - nicknamed The Tinman. Whose
arrival was he anticipating? Whose arrival did he dread? Mourning
the death of his young wife and hounded by creditors, Archer's mind
begins unravelling during the 1886 season. He is propped up against
the demons threatening to destroy him mentally and racing's
criminal element conspiring to do so physically by his friend,
racing journalist Algy Haymer. As the action veers from the social
whirl of the Victorian racecourse to the squalor of the slap-bangs
of the London underworld, Haymer shields Archer from a Jockeys
Betting Ring and its enforcers while confronting his own
insecurities and a family scandal involving Archer. But Haymer
hasn't allowed for the power of 'The Policy' or the predatory wiles
of an old flame whose carnal designs on him are only exceeded by
her desperation for cash. The repercussions prove devastating.
Haymer's guilt demands atonement - and delivers a painful blow.
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