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Availability:In StockContributor:Dick FrancisSeries:Dick Francis NovelAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2006-02-07Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780425208465ISBN-10:042520846XUPC:9780425208465Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Psychological, Mystery & Detective, ThrillersBook Topic:Amateur Sleuth, PsychologicalSize:6.78 x 4.24 x 0.89 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCQCAED38N
In this mystery from New York Times bestselling author Dick Francis, a jockey becomes the sole inheritor of his late brother's business, horse, mistress, and enemies.

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 race course to a screeching halt. But 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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780425208465ISBN-10:042520846XUPC:9780425208465Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Psychological, Mystery & Detective, ThrillersBook Topic:Amateur Sleuth, PsychologicalSize:6.78 x 4.24 x 0.89 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCQCAED38N
Dick Francis was born in South Wales in 1920. He was a young rider of distinction winning awards and trophies at horse shows throughout the United Kingdom. At the outbreak of World War II he joined the Royal Air Force as a pilot, flying fighter and bomber aircraft including the Spitfire and Lancaster.

He became one of the most successful postwar steeplechase jockeys, winning more than 350 races and riding for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. After his retirement from the saddle in 1957, he published an autobiography, The Sport of Queens, before going on to write more than forty acclaimed books, including the New York Times bestsellers Even Money and Silks.

A three-time Edgar Award winner, he also received the prestigious Crime Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger, was named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, and was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2000. He died in February 2010, at age eighty-nine, and remains among the greatest thriller writers of all time.
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

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