Peter Darwin, a young First Secretary in the Foreign Office, returns from Tokyo for some leave before taking up a new post. Trained to penetrate the truths behind facades, he has to use all his diplomatic skills to unravel not political puzzles but the cruel fates which befall racehorses.
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Peter Darwin was hoping for some quiet leave from the Foreign Office. Instead he found himself in the village of his childhood - at the service of a veterinary surgeon whose operating theatre was rapidly acquiring an unwanted reputation as an abattoir. The sudden unexplained death of a string of valuable racehorses from one small area in Gloucestershire was a mystery the police couldn't solve. But Darwin was local. He remembered the people and what was at stake... And now he know enough to get himself killed...
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Dick Francis has written more than forty international bestsellers and is widely acclaimed as one of the world’s finest thriller writers. His awards include the Crime Writers’ Association’s Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to the genre, and an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Tufts University of Boston. In 1996 Dick Francis was made a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master for a lifetime’s achievement and in 2000 he was awarded the CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Sadly he died in 2010.
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An instantly likeable main character, a villain you just hate & a superbly feasible plot combine to make this a great read. I was initially worried that, as it wasn't set on the racetrack, it may not measure up - put your tape measure away because it does!!
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Plot synopsis: Peter Darwin (and no, he's no relation; yes, he has been asked before) is a Foreign Office smoothie in between jobs; when he accompanies two elderly people to England he finds himself back near the village where he spent his childhood. He also finds himself trying to work out why so many horses are dying at a vet's practice.
Reading a good Francis is *such* a pleasure! He is very good at characterization, interplay between people, establishing a mystery, tension, and leaving you wondering - up to the last few pages - who the villain is. There is also some romance, though less than in other books; and there is, once again, the introduction to a specialist profession: vets, here, obviously.
Francis is, once again, very very good; and so is this, his thirtieth thriller, on form, follwing a well-established format, but never formulaic. Excellent!
Reading a good Francis is *such* a pleasure! He is very good at characterization, interplay between people, establishing a mystery, tension, and leaving you wondering - up to the last few pages - who the villain is. There is also some romance, though less than in other books; and there is, once again, the introduction to a specialist profession: vets, here, obviously.
Francis is, once again, very very good; and so is this, his thirtieth thriller, on form, follwing a well-established format, but never formulaic. Excellent!
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What an untypical Dick Francis start. Usually the action fizzes from the opening sentence but this one is very slow getting going. In addition the characters of the two older folk seem to not offer anything very useful to the plot. If you like detailed descriptions of veterinary proceedures OK . As the main character is a civil servant perhaps his facelessness and lack of depth is appropriate
Sorry, I read it but won't bother wading through it again.
Sorry, I read it but won't bother wading through it again.
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Another 'great' from Dick Francis.
As with all Dick's other books this one is gripping from start to finish. A brilliant plot and fast paced.
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comeback by dick francis another excellent book by this author with the usual twists and turns using is background knowledge of the racing scene giving the mystery to the end
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I like these books by Dick Francis and already own most of them so it was nice to find one I didn't have
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