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by Dick Francis (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Michael Joseph; New Ed edition (28 Sep 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0718132319
  • ISBN-13: 978-0718132316
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,021,772 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The hero of this explosive tale is David Cleveland, investigator for the Jockey Club, who goes to Norway in response to an appeal from Oslo racecourse. A British jockey, riding there, has disappeared, and with him has gone a day's takings from the turnstiles. The Norwegian police have found no trace of him, and the case is being filed as just one more unsolved theft. David Cleveland is a last resort. He goes without much expectation - and finds himself in waters as dark and deep as the fjords.

About the Author

Dick Francis has written thirty-eight bestselling thrillers set in the field of racing, of which SHATTERED (September 2000) is the most recent. He and his wife Mary divide their time between England and the British West Indies.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Francis 12th is a Norwegian cracker, 14 Dec 2009
By Dr. H. Beentje (Kew, England) - See all my reviews
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Synopsis: Dick Francis' 12th racing thriller plays mostly in Norway. David Cleveland, Jockey Club investigator, has come over to find an English jockey who has disappeared with a day's racing entry fees. But he finds more than a jockey - he finds serious trouble, with several attempts being made on his life. People are not what they seem to be, and the motives are very confusing...

Strange that this book is 36 years old - it still reads fresh. Most of it is a corker, too, with crisp clear writing, tension, thrills, humour, good dialogue and small tidy packages of quick-draw perfectly formed personalities. Four-and-a-half stars, as the ending, I feel is not quite up to the rest of the story.
Yes, this is a thriller/detective story set in the horse-racing world, but it is also a very intelligent book, and *very* well-written. I am not into horse racing, really, but Dick Francis can make me care deeply about most things - he is a fantastic writer.
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