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Author: Dick Francis
ISBN: 9780141942292

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Dick Francis

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Paru le : 16/02/2012

Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time'A masterpiece from the master of equine fiction. Truly... > Lire la suite

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Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time'A masterpiece from the master of equine fiction. Truly sensational from start to finish' 5***** Reader Review'Tense, tautly-written, with memorable characters - an absolute cracker' 5***** Reader Review______Bert Checkov, a racing correspondent, drunkenly confesses to fellow Fleet Street hack James Tyrone that he's been giving his readers tips for years.
Five minutes later, Checkov falls out of a seventh-floor window. Tyrone is convinced there's more to Checkov's death than meets the eye. When he starts digging, he discovers that many of Checkov's tips never even made it to the start. But the deeper Tyrone gets, the dirtier and more dangerous this business appears to be. If he's not careful, he'll be following Checkov to his death .

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Date de parution : 16/02/2012
Editeur : PENGUIN
Collection : Francis Thriller
ISBN : 978-0-14-194229-2
EAN : 9780141942292
Format : ePub
Nb. de pages : 288 pages

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- Pages : 288
- Protection num. : Contenu protégé

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Biographie de Dick Francis

Dick Francis was one of the most successful post-war National Hunt jockeys. The winner of over 350 races, he was champion jockey in 1953/1954 and rode for HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, most famously on Devon Loch in the 1956 Grand National. On his retirement from the saddle, he published his autobiography, The Sport of Queens, before going on to write forty-three bestselling novels, a volume of short stories (Field of 13), and the biography of Lester Piggott.
During his lifetime Dick Francis received many awards, amongst them the prestigious Crime Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to the genre, and three 'best novel' Edgar Allan Poe awards from The Mystery Writers of America. In 1996 he was named by them as Grand Master for a lifetime's achievement. In 1998 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 2000.
Dick Francis died in February 2010, at the age of eighty-nine, but he remains one of the greatest thriller writers of all time.