Did Not Finish / Simon Wood 215 p.

Aidy Westlake takes the bit into his teeth goes off pursuing Alex Fanning's murderer when he is killed during a race--a race fellow driver Derek Deacon threaten to kill Fanning.  It is fast-paced, character driven mystery featuring a single hero.   Wood incorporates a lot of detail about racing, yet his characters especially the secondary characters need some fleshing out.  And I got it early on that Westlake firmly believed that Deacon used his car to kill Fanning.  It was repeated over and over.  This may satisfy some Dick Francis readers.

First in the Aidy Westlake series.