Longshot (A Dick Francis Novel) - Softcover

Francis, Dick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425234630 ISBN 13: 9780425234631

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2010

Synopsis

“Fast-paced, meticulously plotted...Nobody sets up a mystery better than Dick Francis.”—San Francisco Chronicle

Jump in the saddle with a sure thing.

Travel writer John Kendall travels to England to interview a racehorse trainer. Soon enough, however, Kendall realizes that completing the book will be tricky at best. Because the racehorse trainer he’s tasked with interviewing has something to hide—a secret that could threaten Kendall’s life.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Hired to write the biography of a famous racehorse trainer, John Kendall soon finds himself racing to solve a murder before the killer catches up with him. His continued survival, it seems, would be considered a longshot. "The best thriller writer going."--The Atlantic Monthly

From the Inside Flap:

"Fast-paced, meticulously plotted...Nobody sets up a mystery better than Dick Francis."
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Travel writer John Kendall didn't think he was doing anything too out of the ordinary when he tramped off to rural England for an interview with a successful race horse trainer. Soon enough, however, Kendall realizes that completing the book will be tricky at best. In fact, the perils described in his survival manuals pale next to the dangers in rural England....
Selected by the Literary Guild, the Mystery Guild, and Doubleday Book Club

About this edition

• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0425234630
• ISBN 13: 9780425234631
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 320