Dead Ernest

The unfortunately named Ernest Fluck is by all accounts a computer genius. He is also said to be unpleasant, impossible to work with, a gambler and possibly a crook. Rumours are that he is engaged to Irish socialite and racehorse owner Imogen Courtney-Lithgoe. He's also missing - and so is one of her racehorses. Then a potential witness disappears and a body turns up only to go missing almost immediately and the case develops into a search for a man, a woman, a horse and a corpse. Private detective, Ron Hogget and his minder Dave Baxter, embark on an investigation which takes them to Ireland, Spain and eventually Australia.