Driving Force — Dick Francis

Transporting racehorses to the course is big business for ex-jockey Freddie Croft. He runs his fleet of vans and their drivers with tight reins, strict security, and everything on the up-and-up. But one driver breaks a cardinal rule--never pick up a hitchhiker--and the results are fatal...for the hitchhiker.

A corpse is not only bad for business, it's also bad for Freddie's long-term survival. For the corpse's trail leads to corpse number two--and to strange nighttime stalkers and unseen conspirators who are weaving a web of deceit and danger that Freddie might never escape....