Straight

Name: Straight
Price: 8.99 EUR
Author: Dick Francis
ISBN: 9780141929668

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Dick Francis

PENGUIN
Paru le : 02/09/1993

Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time'Grabs you from the first page and never lets go' 5*****... > Lire la suite

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Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time'Grabs you from the first page and never lets go' 5***** Reader Review'Excellent. A well plotted story with plenty of twists and turns' 5***** Reader Review'Flawlessly researched with a gripping plot' 5***** Reader Review______Steeplechase jockey Derek Franklin has had more broken bones than he cares to count, but it seems his latest injury could very well bring his days on the racecourse to a screeching halt.
Yet that's the least of his concerns when his brother turns up dead, leaving Derek as the sole inheritor of his estate. It doesn't take long for Derek to learn that his brother - a magistrate who imported and sold semiprecious stones - was keeping more than his share of secrets. Now Derek must recover $1.5 million worth of missing diamonds and find out who wanted his brother dead, or else his career won't be the only thing in danger of being cut short .

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Date de parution : 02/09/1993
Editeur : PENGUIN
Collection : Francis Thriller
ISBN : 0-14-192966-9
EAN : 9780141929668
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.