Proof: Francis Thriller
Autor Dick Francisen Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 sep 2014
Wine merchant Tony Beach will do anything for a quiet life.
But when a party to celebrate the end of the racing season ends ineight violent deaths, he is drawn reluctantly into the subsequent investigation.
Meanwhile, the police, having evidence of the sale of illicit alcohol at a local club, ask for Tony's help in closing it down. But with his intervention, Tony comes to the attention of the criminal underworld.
And that's when he reluctantly realizes that the deaths and the illicit alcohol are connected.
Tony doesn't want to be a hero.
But if the choice is that or dying . . .
Praise for Dick Francis:
'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
'A regular winner . . . as smooth, swift and lean as ever'Sunday Express
'A super chiller and killer'New York Times Book Review
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781405916639
ISBN-10: 140591663X
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Seria Francis Thriller
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 140591663X
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Seria Francis Thriller
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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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
A
regular
winner
.
.
.
as
smooth,
swift
and
lean
as
ever
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
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Wine merchant Tony Beach has expertly catered his latest society soiree, but the fun's over when a team of hit men crash the party. The event leaves Tony with a bitter aftertaste of suspicion--and sets off a mystery that's an intoxicating blend of deception, intrigue, and murder.
Wine merchant Tony Beach has expertly catered his latest society soiree, but the fun's over when a team of hit men crash the party. The event leaves Tony with a bitter aftertaste of suspicion--and sets off a mystery that's an intoxicating blend of deception, intrigue, and murder.