Bloodline (Francis Thriller) - Softcover

Felix Francis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0718159357 ISBN 13: 9780718159351

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 2012

Synopsis

From Felix Francis, bestselling author of Gamble and co-author (with Dick Francis) of Even Money and Crossfire, comes Bloodline, the latest Dick Francis novel. Set in the cut-throat world of horse racing, Bloodline is a pacy thriller packed full of suspense, mystery and intrigue. When Mark Shillingford commentates on a race in which his twin sister Clare, an accomplished and successful jockey, comes in third, he can't help but be suspicious. As a professional race-caller, he knows she should have won. Did she lose on purpose? Was the race fixed? Why on earth would she do something so out of character? That night, Mark confronts Clare with his suspicions, but she storms off after an explosive argument. It's the last time Mark sees her alive. Hours later, Clare jumps to her death from the balcony of a London hotel . . . or so it seems. Devastated by her death, and almost overcome with guilt, Mark goes in search of answers. What led Clare to take her own life? Or was it not suicide at all . . .? Packed with all the hair-raising suspense and excitement readers know and love from Dick Francis,Bloodline cements Felix Francis's reputation as a master of thriller-writing. 'The Francis flair is clear for all to see' Daily Mail 'Spare, efficient and unflashy . . . inexorably draws you in' Daily Telegraph 'From winning post to top of the bestseller list, time-after-time' Sunday Times Felix Francis is the younger son of thriller-writing legend, Dick Francis, with whom he co-wrote the four most recent Dick Francis novels, Dead Heat, Silks, Even Money and Crossfire, with Felix taking an increasingly greater role in the writing. Sadly Dick died in February 2010, but his work will live on through Felix. Boodline is Felix's second solo Dick Francis novel; Gamble was his first.

About this title

About the Author:

Felix Francis studied Physics and Electronics at London University and then embarked upon a seventeen-year career teaching Advanced Level Physics. Felix Francis is the younger son of crime writer and National Hunt jockey Dick Francis, and over the past forty years Felix assisted Dick with both the research and the writing of many of his novels. Felix's love of racing, writing talent, and knowledge and experience as a physics teacher was invaluable in the father-and-son writing partnership. Felix has written ten 'Francis' novels, the first, Under Orders, published in 2006. Then followed Dead Heat, Silks, Even Money, Crossfire, Gamble, Bloodline, Refusal, Damage and Felix's tenth novel, Front Runner.

Review:

The Francis flair is clear for all to see * Daily Mail * From winning post to top of the bestseller list, time after time * Sunday Times * Spare, efficient and unflashy . . . inexorably draws you in * Daily Telegraph *

About this edition

• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0718159357
• ISBN 13: 9780718159351
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 399