Flying Finish - Softcover

Dick Francis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671509268 ISBN 13: 9780671509262

Publisher: Pocket, 1984

Synopsis

When Henry Grey was piloting his first cargo for Yardman Transport, he thought he was only carrying racehorses and broodmates out of England, how wrong he was. Soon, he became awear that something else was aboard, something he wasn't meant to discover. something that turned a routine flight into a chilling encounter with death. A mystery that will keep the reader's attention to the last page. Former jockey turned author Dick Francis wrote the best racing mystery ever and this is one of his best.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

CWA CARTIER DIAMOND DAGGER WINNER

When amateur jockey and pilot Lord Henrey Grey launches himself into a career in the bloodstock market, he finds more danger and excitement than he’d ever anticipated.

Henry immediately takes to this glittering new world, and when he meets the glamourous Gabriella in Italy, is sure hit the good life. That is, until a horse mysteriously dies in transit and a colleague vanishes. Then Grey discovers that both his predecessors went missing in mysterious circumstances and begins to doubt the wisdom of his career change. Either he has to turn detective or his own disappearance culd be next...

‘Highly ingenious’ Times Literary Supplement

From the Inside Flap:

Henry Grey was considered hard to get along with. But he knew a change of job was all he needed. No more part-time office work/amateur jockey races for him. So he took a new job, air- transporting racehorses to change his luck and see the world. But he saw something quite unexpected in the cargo hold....
"The best thriller writer going."
ATLANTIC MONTHLY

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0671509268
• ISBN 13: 9780671509262
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 253