I wondered if I was dying. I wasn't afraid to die, but such was the pain in my gut, I wished it
would happen soon.' The night before the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket sees the great and the good
of the horse-racing community gathered for a black-tie gala dinner at the Hay Net - the racing
town's favourite Michelin-starred restaurant - founded by Max Moreton, something of a local
celebrity. Spending the night retching in the throes of agony is the last thing Max expected
of the evening. But much worse is to come...his food is suspected of putting twenty-four dinner
guests in hospital. Within hours, Max's restaurant is forcibly closed, his reputation teeters
on the brink of ruin, and a court case looms. But the day is far from over, for soon Max Moreton
finds himself desperately fighting for more than just his livelihood
About The Reader
Tony Britton was born above The Trocadero public house in Temple Street Birmingham, the son of
Doris Marguerite (nee Jones) and Edward Leslie Britton. He attended Edgbaston Collegiate School,
Birmingham and Thornbury Grammar School, Gloucestershire. During World War II he served in the
Army and he also worked for an estate agents and in an aircraft factory. He joined an amateur
dramatic Group in Weston-super-Mare and then turned professional, appearing on stage at The Old
Vic and with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
He has appeared in numerous British films from the 1950s onwards, including such classics as
Operation Amsterdam (1959), Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) and The Day of the Jackal (1973). Britton
won the Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actor in 1975 for The Nearly Man.From 1983 to 1990,
he starred with Nigel Havers and Dinah Sheridan in the BBC sitcom, Don't Wait Up. His other sitcoms
appearances include ...And Mother Makes Five and Robin's Nest.Britton has married twice. First to
Ruth Britton. They had two children, scriptwriter Cherry Britton and TV presenter Fern Britton.
Cherry is married to TV children's presenter Brian Cant, Fern is married to Phil Vickery.Britton's
second wife is Danish Sculptor and member of the World War II Danish Resistance Eva Castle Britton.
They have one son, actor Jasper Britton.
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