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The bestselling author of "Decider is back with another suspenseful ride The hero of "Whip Hand returns Although more than a decade has passed since the publication of "Whip Hand," little time has elapsed in Sid Halley's life. Still in his mid-thirties, he remains troubled, courageous, unwilling to admit defeat to disabling injury or to corruption. Now, though, Sid faces nineties' dilemmas, dangers, and deeply demanding decisions. ""I had this friend that everyone loved, and I put him on trial...I grieved for the loss of a friendship, and for the man who looked the same but was different, alien...despicable. I could more easily have grieved for him dead."" Having exposed an adored racing figure as a monster, Sid must testify at the man's trial. But the morning of his appearance, a tragic suicide shatters the proceedings and jars Halley's conscience. Plagued by regret and the suspicion that there's more to the death than has yet come to light, he is catapulted into days of hard, rational detection, heart-searching torments, and the gravest of perils. Business as usual for Sid...
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'This is Francis writing at his very best' Evening Standard Sid Halley, the ex-champion jockey turned investigator who appears in Odds Against and Whip Hand, is back. In Come to Grief he faces new dangers, new deeply demanding decisions. Sid has uncovered an obnoxious crime committed by a friend whom he - and everyone else - has held in deep affection. On the morning set for the opening of the friend's trial, at which sid is due to be called as a witness, other people's miseries explode and send him spinning into days of hard rational detection and heart-searching torment. Troubled, courageous and unwilling to admit defeat, for Sid Halley it is business as usual.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
(one in a series of Dick Francis reviews in which I try and separate all those rather similar titles, and in which I try not to give away plot lines)
The book: Sid Halley, ex-jockey and investigator (known to true Francis aficionados from Odds Against and Whip Hand), is in the public's bad books - he has accused a very popular friend of a nasty crime. And it is tough trying to prove the friend is guilty - when no-one wants to talk to you any more. His jockey powers of being able to take pain come in handy when he is attacked...
The writer: Dick Francis was Champion Jockey in 1953-1954, gave up professional riding in 1962 or 1963, and took up writing; he wrote a novel a year for almost 40 years! He has been accused of writing about the rich and aristocracy - absolute rubbish, as this book (among others) shows: the hero was born on a Liverpool council estate and survives by his wits.
My opinion: Francis has not just a beautiful, captivating writing style; his books also have thrills aplenty, and they have *heart* besides. Among all the action and tension he (briefly) discusses important feelings in a rather nice way - good stuff. Bravery, bearing spite, loss, betrayal, cancer... this book pulls you right in. A very satisfying read.
The book: Sid Halley, ex-jockey and investigator (known to true Francis aficionados from Odds Against and Whip Hand), is in the public's bad books - he has accused a very popular friend of a nasty crime. And it is tough trying to prove the friend is guilty - when no-one wants to talk to you any more. His jockey powers of being able to take pain come in handy when he is attacked...
The writer: Dick Francis was Champion Jockey in 1953-1954, gave up professional riding in 1962 or 1963, and took up writing; he wrote a novel a year for almost 40 years! He has been accused of writing about the rich and aristocracy - absolute rubbish, as this book (among others) shows: the hero was born on a Liverpool council estate and survives by his wits.
My opinion: Francis has not just a beautiful, captivating writing style; his books also have thrills aplenty, and they have *heart* besides. Among all the action and tension he (briefly) discusses important feelings in a rather nice way - good stuff. Bravery, bearing spite, loss, betrayal, cancer... this book pulls you right in. A very satisfying read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was a really solid entry in Dick Francis' canon. All the ingredients we expect were here, from interesting characters to a plot with enough twists, shocks and bumps to keep the pace to the end. Highly recommended....
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'd never read any Dick Francis novels before, so I thought I'd read this just to see what they are like. It is set in the racing world, as one would expect, and tells of the investigations of Sid Halley, a former jockey turned investigator.
The story is original, and to my knowledge has not been done before, and this made the book refreshing and interesting to read. It is more violent than I was expecting but this does not detract from the quality of the story.
One soon gets gripped by the story and becomes keen to follow it through to the end. - Surely the sign of a good book. While I think the character development was at times questionable, and the ending weaker than it should have been, this is a solid thriller, better than a lot out there.
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