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Straight (Dick Francis Library) [Kindle Edition]

Dick Francis (Author)
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Derek Franklin, injured steeplechase jockey, is at end of his career when he is thrust into chaos following the accidental death of his brother Greville who was an importer of semi-precious stones.

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Derek Franklin is an injured jockey. The last fence at Cheltenham has left him on crutches. But his brother's death means even bigger trouble. He inherits a jewellery business, a mistress - and some very shadowy business associates. Franklin likes to play things straight. But with £1.5 million in diamonds gone missing, he finds honesty can be a deadly virtue. His only hope of survival is to identify his brother's mysterious enemies . . . Money hungry men who scorn the good and despise the straight . . . 'For sheer style and pace Francis has few equals' Sunday Express
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 459 KB
  • Print Length: 436 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0330314424
  • Publisher: Penguin (2 Sep 1993)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B002RI95IQ
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #64,969 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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By H. Beentje TOP 100 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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 plotlines)

Derek Franklin is a jockey, but recuperating from a nasty fall - when his brother dies (don't worry, this is on the first page!) and he has to take care of the brothers' gemstones business, search for missing items, solve several major problems - and find the culprit(s).

My opinion: excellent mid-period (1989) Francis thriller. Early Francis was all about horse racing, the middle period was when all kinds of interesting professions cropped up which sometimes (as in this one) were loosely connected to racing.
Francis is always very good at 'painting' people in a few lines (sometimes far apart, those lines!); he is brilliant at people interaction, too. He pares things down to the essential, whether it is people or life he talks about; in this book he is very good on loss, on friendship, duty and honour. Moral dilemmas, too, and the philosophy of life of a jockey; don't moan, deal with it. Which is a pretty good overall philosophy, I think!
A top Francis, and a satisfactorily long one. The end is not the strongest bit, but a great read overall. Five stars.
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By Donald Mitchell HALL OF FAME TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Straight builds on a very neat piece of psychology. Derek Franklin, injured steeplechase jockey, unexpectedly has to carry on for his much older brother (18 years to be exact) after the brother dies from an accident. I am sure we all have wondered what it would be like to be one of our siblings. The experience for Derek is very literal.

Derek's brother is in the diamond trade, and a fortune in diamonds is missing. That sounds like the source of the mystery, but the mystery is actually launched by getting mugged in the parking lot after leaving his brother's bed in the hospital as the beginning of a nonstop tale of intrigue. In the course of unraveling the mystery and fighting for his life, Derek also learns a lot about his brother . . . and himself. This is a great novel for anyone who likes to think about "what if?".

The only quibble some will have is that this book has relatively little about horse raising in it, compared to the other Dick Francis novels. Be open minded though, for the change is good for you, the reader.

Get Straight to it!

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The Master 9 Feb 2012
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
This review is about one Dick Francis book, but it applies to almost all of them... especially the ones written when Mary was alive. He had a refreshing sense of justice, which rarely involved the law that seeks to punish the guilty, and too often forgets the victim. That aside, every story is fast-paced with characters that jump off the page, and a truly unguessable twist in the tale... no pun intended :-)
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