A man, who is determined to have been a competitive cyclist, Alex, has been found murdered. He supposedly sent a text to friends saying he had in injury and could not attend the competition on the night of his death. As Cross and his long-suffering partner Ottey look into the case, they find that Alex helped to run a restaurant with his family, and had recently come into a substantial amount of money. Was there something suspicious about his recent wealth? And what of his young girlfriend's pregnancy? Cross is his usual oblivious and unintentionally rude self, but he will get to the bottom of this case. Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the ARC.