A coal-miner's daughter, Helen Branch was a beautiful hat-check girl who snagged a millionaire, only to become an eccentric, pet-loving widow who, one day, disappeared without a trace.
Richard Bailey was an admitted swindler who spent years persuading rich women to invest in bum horses... even though he claims not to have harmed Helen Branch. When Assistant US Attorney Steven Miller launched an investigation into Helen Branch's death, he went from the polo grounds of Palm Beach to the lavish horse farms of Connecticut to Kentucky's thoroughbred stables in search of answers. What he learned would cast a dark shadow on one of America's favourite past-times...
