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After retiring from horse racing, he turned his hand to writing mystery novels set against the thrilling background of his beloved sport. As a result, each of his equestrian novels gallops onto bestseller lists. Jan 01, 1986 one of dick francis best break in and bolt along with nerve are my top three favorite dick francis novels and among my top favorite rereads overall. Richard stanley francis cbe frsl 31 october 1920 14 february 2010 was a british crime writer, and former steeplechase jockey, whose novels centre on horse racing in england after wartime service in the raf, francis became a full. Felix francis is back with another edgeofyourseat thriller, in the classic dick francis tradition. Which thrillers and crime fiction will keep my teenager hooked. Bolt by dick francis and a great selection of related. Bolt a question of principle the cape murders by detective book club. Dick francis worked on his books with his wife, mary, before her death. I am unashamedly going for some of the earlier of my fathers books because they had the greatest influence on me both as a reader and, now, as the writer of the dick francis novels. Books page at the dick francis reading group web page. After a night hes spent huddled over his toilet sick as a dog, its no consolation to restaurateur max moreton to learn that he hasnt been alone. In bolt, dick francis continues the misadventures of kit fielding, jockey and allround good guy. Hed been harassed, beaten, shot, even lost a hand to his investigating business, and enough was.

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For a generous commission, exprizewinning jockey jonah dereham reluctantly agrees to bid on a young steeplechaser on behalf of a wealthy american woman. He attended the university of tennessee in the early 1950s, and joined the u. He personal life is as interesting as his books, the two been deeply intermingled together. One of the most successful postwwii steeplechase jockeys, dick francis 19202010 won more than 350 races. Most of the summary descriptions are extracted from publishers notes. Dick francis project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Dick francis was more of an inventor than he was a writer. The first one, the predecessor of this one, is break in. Forfeit by dick francis here is a quick description and cover image of book forfeit written by dick francis which was published in 1969.

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