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Dick Francis's legion of admirers can relax: his year off from writing is over and a new vigour has entered his style. Longtime readers will be happy to find the customary racetrack skulduggery, galvanised by some fascinating new elements. The very opening of Second Wind signals something new, with Francis's protagonist fighting for his life in a Caribbean storm at sea: "But now, as near dead as dammit, I tumbled like a rag-doll piece of flotsam in towering gale-driven seas that sucked unimaginable tons of water from the deeps …"
In flashback, we are catapulted into the world of meteorologist Perry Stuart who agrees to fly through the eye of storm on Trox Island, a blighted place steeped in guano and harbouring a nasty secret. When the reader encounters details of the racing world in Francis's earlier thrillers, it had the satisfying ring of authenticity. The same is true in Second Wind, as Stuart's character was developed with the help of BBC weatherman John Kettley. Although a new venue for Francis, he still has the knack of quickening the readers' pulse with a few carefully chosen words: "Despair was too strong a word for it. Perhaps despondency was better. When they came for me, they came with guns." --Barry Forshaw --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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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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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format: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.
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.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format: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.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format: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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Weather thriller with horses on the sideline
Unusually for Francis the main arena for this story is the weather, rather than horseracing, though horseracing threads itself through and is an integral part of the plot. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Asha Sahni
SECOND WIND
VERY ENJOYABLE LISTENING FROM A GREAT AUTHOR AND WELL READ BY MARTIN JARVIS. WRITTEN ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE.
Published on 6 Oct 2009 by Mrs. Beryl J. Mottram
Your Always on a Winner with Dick Francis
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... Read more
Published on 10 April 2008 by J. Chippindale
The Author Never Fails to Please
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... Read more
Published on 7 Mar 2008 by J. Chippindale
The Author is Mr. Consistent
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... Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2008 by J. Chippindale
Nice change
I loved it, did not put it down until it was finished. Sure, people prefering the horse background over and over again, won't like it. Read more
Published on 21 Sep 2001
Come in, Mr Francis, your time is up
OKay, I'm going to say what I'm sure plenty of others have thought, especially if they've also read 'Shattered' (which is better but just doesn't compare with 'Banker' or 'Break... Read more
Published on 6 Mar 2001
Time for the knacker's yard.
Like everyone else, it seems, I enjoyed his early work. But this was dire, simply the worst novel I've ever read.
Everything about the book was lazy and self-indulgent. Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2001
Sadly, the worst thing he's ever done
I've read everything the guy's ever written and enjoyed the vast majority, but this one, quite frankly, is awful. Put your feet up, Dick!
Published on 16 Jan 2001
The most recent and sadly the poorsest Dick Francis book
Having read all of his books I feel that the last 5 have been something of a let down with 'Second Wind' almost unreadable. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2001
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