Hot Seat [by] Simon Wood
[Sutton, Surrey] Crème de la Crime [2012]
978-1-78029-023-2 ; $28.95
Aidy Westlake is a racecar driver. He’s Pit Lane magazine’s Young Driver of the Year, which has earned him a drive in the European Saloon Car Championship with Ragged Racing, one of the top racing outfits. He is very excited.
However, his excitement lessens as he continues to get targeted for various offenses. He discovers a mechanic from a rival team, dying from a cut throat, next to the Ragged Racing transporter, when he, awestruck by his new fame, goes over to see his name on the back of the truck. He tries to save the young man’s life, and is picked up by the police and questioned for several hours.
Then he is picked up by the man’s brother, a former loan shark, who has not forgotten his nasty ways. He questions Aidy relentlessy, with pain and threats against his grandfather Steve, who has a classic car restoring business, and who virtually raised Aidy since his car racing father and mother died.
Later, on his way back from a race in Europe, he is nabbed by British Customs, which plants drugs in his car. The major officer of that outfit wants Aidy to help him investigate and bring to justice his boss, Rags Ragsdale, who is surely cheating Customs, since he seems to be operating rather lavishly on nothing more than a shoestring.
And lastly, an angry woman accuses him of smashing her car when he ran her off the road on the Motorway, even though, in the actual incident, he did not touch her car at all.
With his racing career at stake, since, if any of these threats pan out, he could lose his license and his driving career would be over, Aidy pursues his racing with a heavy heart, and his concentration not of the best, until, with his best friend Dylan and his grandfather’s help, he is able to confront the villains and pass them off to law enforcement. High octane thrills all the way, with an especially exciting grand finale! Recommended.~ lss-r
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