Dick Franciss Bloodline - Softcover

Francis, Felix

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594136505 ISBN 13: 9781594136504

Publisher: Large Print Press, 2013

Synopsis

Suspecting a fixed race when his successful jockey sister comes in third in a competition she could have won, television presenter Mark Shillingford has an explosive argument with his sister and is shocked when she dies in an apparent suicide hours later. By the best-selling author of Gamble. (suspense).

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About the Author

Felix Francis is the younger of Dick Francis's two sons. Over the last forty years Felix assisted with the research of many of the Dick Francis novels, not least "Twice Shy," "Shattered," and "Under Orders." Since 2006, Felix has taken a more significant role in the writing, first with "Dead Heat" and then increasingly with the bestsellers "Silks," "Even Money," and "Crossfire," all father-son collaborations. He continued his father's legacy with "Dick Francis's Gamble." He lives in England.

From Booklist

*Starred Review* The late Dick Francis, once a champion steeplechase jockey himself, specialized in showing readers racing from behind the scenes and from behind the horses’ ears, as his early mysteries starred full-time jockeys who sometimes doubled as detectives. Then Francis branched out into sleuthing heroes who were out of the saddle but still connected with the racing world. Felix Francis, Dick Francis’ son, researcher, collaborator, and, now, mystery-writing successor, continued this racetrack-centered tradition with his first novel, Dick Francis’s Gamble (2011). This follow-up stars race announcer and TV presenter Mark Shillingford, whose height eliminated him from his dream of jumping horses early in his career. His twin sister, Clare, however, is flying high as a flat-race jockey—Mark often announces the races his sister wins. But something in Clare’s latest race bothers Mark; she appears to have drawn the horse up short, deliberately throwing the race. After Mark confronts Clare about this seeming fraud, she leaves abruptly, drives to London, and falls from the roof of a posh hotel. In classic Francis fashion, Mark’s life shreds apart as he investigates his sister’s death: he’s consumed by guilt over Clare’s apparent suicide; his girlfriend leaves him; his job is in danger. And then the journalist who defamed his sister after her death is killed at the racetrack. Francis knows how to control this wild run of a plot and also knows how to create a conflicted character in the midst of crisis. A stunning addition to the family line. --Connie Fletcher

About this edition

• Publisher: Large Print Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1594136505
• ISBN 13: 9781594136504
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 508