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Field of Thirteen
Field of Thirteen
Author: Dick Francis
A superbly crafted collection of thirteen tightly plotted tales that treats readers to murder, mystery, and mayhem in the world of horseracing. — Notes on the racecard -- — Raid at Kingdom Hall -- — Dead on red -- — Song for Mona -- — Bright white star -- — collision course --Nightmare -- — Carrot for a chestnut -- — Gift -- — Spring fever -- — Blind chan...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780330373722
ISBN-10: 0330373722
Publication Date: 8/30/1999
Pages: 365
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Pan MacMillan
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Award-winning Master of Crime Dick Francis tackles a new distance with thirteen nerve-tingling tales of politics, passion, horses and crime - each one of them tied to a milestone event in the international racing calendar.
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Good read. Typical from Dick Francis. Great fwhen passing time in lines and on flights.
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Here, a jockey who bends a race by feeding a horse a drugged carrot receives his comeuppance by losing his concentration as a result of his crime and getting involved in a nasty accident; as in most of the stories, there's a light twist to the ending. Horse racing figures in every entry, of course. Sometimes it's the focus of a crime?as in "Blind Chance," in which a blind boy picks up on how bettors are getting inside info on races with photo finishes. Sometimes, it's only background, as in "Collision Course," about how a fired newspaper editor hoists poetic justice upon a horrid restaurateur/horse trainer. Most of the stories are superficially clever, but below the quick plotting there's emotional depth; in "Spring Fever," for instance, Francis plumbs the innocent desperation of unrequited December-May love. And throughout there is Francis's voice, strong, smart, ironic, developed even at the beginning but maturing in timbre as he hones his skill. Even more than the horse racing, this voice is the tie that binds these 13 tales into a charmed entertainment.
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