Jeanie and Frank are both involved in demanding careers and have young
children who are clamouring for their share of their parents' time. Just
as Jeanie decides to leave her job as a horse trainer, deferring to her
husband's movie industry career, one of the principals of the race track
where she works is murdered and she is thrown back into the maelstrom of
racetrack politics and the care of the valuable horses. Frank's seeming
indifference to the pressures of her life puts the marriage into
jeopardy. When the entire family heads off to Jamaica for a well-earned
vacation, Frank's increasing absences lead Jeanie to question the very
foundations of their relationship. However, an unusual bequest in the
murdered owners' will puts Jeanie in a situation where she must make the
biggest decision of her life and brings the novel to an exciting climax
where Jeanie has the most to lose.