Set in the elite foxhunting community of Middleburg, Virginia, this fast-paced mystery, packed with scandal, envy, vengeance, and love, unfolds when Doug Cummings, an attractive and driven lawyer and horseman, realizes that someone is out to kill him when he barely escapes a suspicious accident. With his only known enemytwisted psychopath Zeb McGrawbehind bars, Doug is forced to ask himself "Could someone on the outside be helping McGraw?" and "Could the culprit be the mysterious cowboy who, almost too miraculously, helped save my horse?" Caught in the middle is alluring horsewoman Kendall Waters, recently divorced and battling the demons of her past. As the chilling plot unfolds, Doug struggles to hunt down the would-be killer and end the nightmare, no matter the cost.
Jan Neuharth, an attorney and horse lover, is a graduate of the University of Florida and Vanderbilt Law School. She practiced law in Los Angeles before moving to the Virginia Hunt Country in 1985 to establish Paper Chase Farms, one of the premier equestrian facilities of its kind. She lives in Middleburg, Virginia, with her husband, who is a former Master of the Hunt, and their children. The third novel in her Hunt Country Suspense Series, "The Kill," was released May 27, 2010.