Taking Revenge AP McCoy over time has won me quite a bit of cash on the horse and soon enough he will have ridden over 4000 winners in a career and with Taking The Fall is his first novel and he has written a winner. I thought with the passing of Dick Francis the horse racing thriller would be over, but McCoy looks like he is going to make this genre his own. Duncan Claymore is an up and coming Jumps Jockey the son of a disgraced trainer who had been stitched up by the racing establishment with the help of the Jockey Club. Duncan is hell bent on gaining revenge for his father who now suffers from dementia and at the same time plunge a knife in to the stinking heart of the racing establishment. Starting in 1979 and the early 1980s Duncan sets his course to be a winner but has a reputation for answering back to trainers and owners. He is always looking for rides until he is picked up as a regular jockey for an up and coming trainer/daughter combination from Ireland now based in England Petie Quinn. As he gets more wins he comes to the attentions of the establishment and in particular who have been known to fix a race. He takes a few rides for them including at the Cheltenham Festival and has winners on all sides. At the same time with the help of Quinn he is able to make his stand against all those who have wronged his father Charlie. While plotting his revenge the one thing he had not seen coming was falling in love with one of the despised establishment’s daughter. Throughout the book their bond gets stronger from simply using her to love and concluding they get marries. It would be easy to mention how this thriller ends but I would not want to spoil the act of perfect revenge for any reader. It is easy to recommend this thriller as it is a wonderful read that takes in some of the best race courses in England and a flirtation with Ireland too. This is thoroughly a good ride for all and a welcome addition to the racing thriller genre.