TY - BOOK AU - Francis, Dick. TI - Banker SN - 039912778X AV - FIC .F81 1982 PY - 1982/// CY - New York PB - G. P. Putnam's Sons KW - HORSE RACING -- MYSTERY -- FICTION N1 - The first year -- The second year -- The third year N2 - When young investment banker Tim Ekaterin becomes involved in the cutthroat world of thoroughbred racing, he finds his life in business blown to smithereens. For suddenly the multimillion-dollar loan he arranges to finance the purchase of a champion racehorse is threatened by an apparent defect in the animal. The as Tim desperately searches for answers, he falls headlong into a deadly deal of violence and murder ER -