Ninety-two year old aeronautics legend and humanitarian Karl Schuler is shot in the early hours of New Year's Day on a suburban San Jose expressway, in what looks like a gang hit.

Monte Verde Police Detective James Ruiz and his wife Reyna witness the shooting, and James Ruiz rushes to the man's car, to hear the man's dying words. San Jose Homicide Detective Mario Flores interviews the couple and begins the search for the man's elusive killer. What happens that night will change each one, as the case dredges up evil from the past and leads to a heartbreaking betrayal in the present.

What happens after the truth is uncovered? When the unthinkable happens? In Swift Horses Racing, the past reaches into the present with devastating effect. Despite personal differences and a deadline, Detectives Ruiz and Flores must work together to find a killer who has everything to lose--and is ready to kill again.