Enquiry
Autor Dick Francisen Limba Engleză CD-Audio – 31 iul 2014
When Kelly Hughes rides the favourite into second place, he gets penalized for his trouble. Not only has he lost the race, but also his licence, as the Jockey Club suspends him - believing he threw the race.
Only he knows that the problem lay with the horse's performance, not his own. Suspecting he was framed, Kelly sets about finding out how it was done, and then who might have done it.
But the closer he gets to the perpetrators, the more danger he finds himself in. Now there's more than his reputation and career at stake.
There's also his life . . .
Packed with intrigue and hair-raising suspense,Enquiryis just one of the many blockbuster thrillers from legendary crime writer Dick Francis. Other novels include the huge bestsellersDead Heat,Under OrdersandSilks. The Dick Francis legacy continues through his son Felix Francis:Refusalis his latest novel, followingBloodlineandGamble.
Praise for the Dick Francis novels:
'The narrative is brisk and gripping and the background researched with care . . . the entire story is a pleasure to relish'Scotsman
'Dick Francis's fiction has a secret ingredient - his inimitable knack of grabbing the reader's attention on page one and holding it tight until the very end'Sunday Telegraph
'Still the master'Racing Post
'The master of suspense and intrigue'Country Life
Dick Francis was one of the most successful post-war National Hunt jockeys. The winner of over 350 races, he was champion jockey in 1953/1954 and rode for HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, most famously on Devon Loch in the 1956 Grand National. On his retirement from the saddle, he published his autobiography, The Sport of Queens, before going on to write forty-three bestselling novels, a volume of short stories (Field of 13), and the biography of Lester Piggott.
Dick Francis died in February, 2010, at the age of 89, but he remains one of the greatest thriller writers of all time.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781486226443
ISBN-10: 1486226442
Dimensiuni: 136 x 126 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.06 kg
Ediția:Unabridged ed
Editura: Bolinda Publishing
ISBN-10: 1486226442
Dimensiuni: 136 x 126 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.06 kg
Ediția:Unabridged ed
Editura: Bolinda Publishing
Notă biografică
Dick
Francis
was
one
of
the
most
successful
post-war
National
Hunt
jockeys.
The
winner
of
over
350
races,
he
was
champion
jockey
in
1953/1954
and
rode
for
HM
Queen
Elizabeth,
the
Queen
Mother,
most
famously
on
Devon
Loch
in
the
1956
Grand
National.
On
his
retirement
from
the
saddle,
he
published
his
autobiography,
The
Sport
of
Queens,
before
going
on
to
write
forty-three
bestselling
novels,
a
volume
of
short
stories
(Field
of
13),
and
the
biography
of
Lester
Piggott.
During his lifetime Dick Francis received many awards, amongst them the prestigious Crime Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to the genre, and three 'best novel' Edgar Allan Poe awards from The Mystery Writers of America. In 1996 he was named by them as Grand Master for a lifetime's achievement. In 1998 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 2000.
Dick Francis died in February 2010, at the age of eighty-nine, but he remains one of the greatest thriller writers of all time.
During his lifetime Dick Francis received many awards, amongst them the prestigious Crime Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to the genre, and three 'best novel' Edgar Allan Poe awards from The Mystery Writers of America. In 1996 he was named by them as Grand Master for a lifetime's achievement. In 1998 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 2000.
Dick Francis died in February 2010, at the age of eighty-nine, but he remains one of the greatest thriller writers of all time.
Recenzii
From
winning
post
to
top
of
the
bestseller
list,
time
after
time
As a jockey, Dick Francis was unbeatable when he got into his stride. The same is true of his crime writing
As a jockey, Dick Francis was unbeatable when he got into his stride. The same is true of his crime writing