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"* 'Praise for Graeme Roe's Previous Novels Roe succeeds in weaving a tale that keeps you galloping through the pages to find out what happens next.' - Independent on Sunday * 'This is the stuff of classic racing thrillers, with liberal doses of violence and suspense, kidnap and murder. Roe's trump card, though, is the racing.' - Racing Post * 'Pacey and innovative, with good characters.' - Richard Pitman, Sunday Express * 'Another action-packed racing thriller set against a realistic background of what National Hunt racing is really like.' - Richard Dunwoody"
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Races and off-course intrigues provide the thrills in Graeme Roe’s fourth Jay Jessop thriller, set in the run-up to the Amateur Jockeys’ Championship
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Risking your life savings on the turf is usually a risky business. Staking your mortgage on the likely success of the latest addition to the Jay Jessop racing thriller series by Graeme Roe is a much safer bet.
The reader instinctively feels that Graeme Roe knows the racing business inside out, especially the rarified world of the Amateur Jockeys Championship. Plenty of other writers in the genre have at least an equal knowledge of the inside of the sport. What they often lack is Roe's ability to weave his deep understanding of the racing world into the broader canvas of the international underworld.
The pace is as fast as the going on a firm course, with unrelenting suspense.
The reader instinctively feels that Graeme Roe knows the racing business inside out, especially the rarified world of the Amateur Jockeys Championship. Plenty of other writers in the genre have at least an equal knowledge of the inside of the sport. What they often lack is Roe's ability to weave his deep understanding of the racing world into the broader canvas of the international underworld.
The pace is as fast as the going on a firm course, with unrelenting suspense.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was really surprised on what a good read this book was, although I do wish they would not have so much violence, when one reads a book one hopes to escape into another world and most times you can, I now have all the books this Author and thought the first book was the best, but did enjoy reading this one
Format:Paperback
This was the first Graeme Roe book I read and was not sure what to expect... but it was thoroughly enjoyable. Well written and a good, somewhat complex, storyline.
The characters were all interesting and well portrayed, you could really feel that you knew them exactly. The plot moved fast and the combination of racing and criminal activity intriguing.
One small criticism is it was slightly imbalanced... the first part of the book focusing on racing matters, the bulk of it on criminal activities, and finally a rather quick ending with again token mention of racing to provide a 'happy ending'.
In summary, I can strongly recommend and avid readers of Francis, Francome etc would not be disappointed.
The characters were all interesting and well portrayed, you could really feel that you knew them exactly. The plot moved fast and the combination of racing and criminal activity intriguing.
One small criticism is it was slightly imbalanced... the first part of the book focusing on racing matters, the bulk of it on criminal activities, and finally a rather quick ending with again token mention of racing to provide a 'happy ending'.
In summary, I can strongly recommend and avid readers of Francis, Francome etc would not be disappointed.
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