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Roland Clarke is a retired equestrian journalist and photographer, who used to be a regular contributor of articles and photos to various equestrian media. In 2000, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, which clipped his wings as he was unable to meet deadlines so easily and found it increasingly hard to attend equestrian events.

Roland Clarke’s , Roland’s beautiful prose will leave you romancing nature. Read this exciting novel and follow Armand Sabatier’s journey in trying to forget his painful past by creating a new life for himself on a beautiful stud farm, only to be lured by the need to uncover truths and to protect the innocent, tumbling directly into the hazards of trust, friendship, and love.

Roland lives in Kent, England with Juanita and their two cats Willow and Kefira. On his website, Writing Wings — www.rolandclarke.com — he signs his Blog as The Silver Scribbler, a clue to his age and hair.

Excerpt from ‘Spiral of Hooves’

“The stallion reared suddenly, as if bitten by an angry insect, and Odette fought to control the bucking animal. Clumps of snow dropped from the overhanging branches, splattering the woman’s burgundy jacket. White snow merged with the red, creating a vision too much like seeping blood. Armand’s head reeled. A confusion of images hit him: an unseen force thrusting the rider towards the torrent; the horse bolting for home in a whirl of hooves; a white-clad figure with a crossbow dissolving into the blizzard. The howl of a wolf echoed in his head. The snow swept in and whipped around Armand as he fought against the storm in his brain, forcing back the terrors the cyclone might resurrect from his past. He struggled down the slope to reach Odette, but she had vanished.

The whiteout descended, blanketing any evidence that might have remained, leaving Armand bewildered and uncertain as to what he had witnessed. Now, his panic was building, reawakening the haunting memory that had never faded from his heart. He was back in another country, helpless, as he watched a broken body struggle for life, and the blood on his hands spilled on trampled snow.”

BLURB: In Canada, researcher Armand Sabatier witnesses what could be the murder of groom Odette Fedon, but traumatic images from his past smother his memory, and a snowstorm buries the evidence. Harassed by nightmares but fighting through them, Armand remembers the crime a few months later. By then he is in England, where he is dragged into a plot involving international sport horse breeding.

Suspecting everyone around him, Armand is forced to brave the past that he has kept buried. But what made Armand leave France? Where did he learn to survive and fight for justice? Why is the English rider Carly Tanner treading the same path as the first victim, Odette?

If you are tempted to read more of this murderous mystery, visit: http://rolandclarke.com/spiral-of-hooves/ Or to purchase a copy, visit: Amazon International | Amazon United Kingdom | Barnes & Noble

Source: J.C. Martin, Fighter Writer