This is one of my favorites. Possibly because I find the hero's career fascinating - that is one of the things that Francis does very well - research fields and turn them into compelling settings for stories. Stories, of course, which are still focused around horse racing somehow. Then he fits the title to the story so precisely.
The guy in this one is an artist working in hot glass. And much is made of the annealing process which allows the glass to cool down slowly so the piece doesn't explode when the temperature differential between the inner mass and the outer surface becomes too great.
In a way his stuff is like Reichs' - the science or technology is so well incorporated into the story that it becomes almost part of the action.
The actual murder/motive is fairly complex. As I recall, his tend to be. I think it is time to start a systematic reread.
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