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When a hurricane-chasing plane is downed on a Caribbean island, TV meteorologist Perry Stuart barely escapes with his life. But he can't escape what he saw on the island--and if the people who've tracked him back to England have their way, Stuart will have a zero percent chance of survival.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
The Author is Mr. Consistent,
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This review is from: Second Wind (Hardcover)
Dick Francis has written in excess 60 books, many if not all of them international best sellers. Many short stories, his autobiography and the biography of arguably the greatest jockey that ever lived, Lester Piggott. Dick Francis himself was of course the Queen's jockey. So there is not much, if anything he does not know about horse racing, the background to virtually all of his novels The one thread that always runs through the books of Dick Francis is meticulous research. The odds are that you will learn something new every time you read one of his novels. For those interested in horse racing, which to be honest I am not, they must be manna from heaven. But it is definitely not essential to be interested in the sport of kings. As with all books and particularly with the number that Dick Francis has written, some appeal to the reader more than others but the author has always maintained an extremely high standard with his books and there is not reason to believe that this one is any different. This book takes us into the realms of hurricanes, something we know little or nothing about in England. The enormous power that they generate is difficult to understand for someone who has never witnessed one. When Perry Stuart, a meteorologist goes on a hurricane chasing ride in the Caribbean, he learns about a great deal more than the speed of the wind.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Its more than OK,
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This review is from: Second Wind (Paperback)
It's just as good as the others. It does involve the Racing World and although it also involves a lot about the hurricane too, Francis is a writer of who-dunnits (superior who dunnits mind!) which happen to often involve the Racing World but are not ABOUT the Racing World. If you like Francis you'll like Second Wind.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Rather disappointing,
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This review is from: Second Wind (Hardcover)
I'm sorry, Mr. Francis I wish I had read these reviews before buying the book - I wouldn't have wasted my money.For the most, readers of Dick Francis novels most probably like the horseracing world background - there was none to speak of in this novel. As for it being a "Thriller" I didn't feel that at any stage of the book.
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