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Book Description:
When jockey Martin Stukely dies after a fall at Cheltenham, he accidentally embroils his friend Gerard Logan in a perilous search for a stolen videotape. Logan is a glassblower on the verge of widespread acclaim. Long accustomed to the frightful dangers inherent in molten glass and in maintaining a glassmaking furnace at never less than 1800 degrees Fahrenheit, Logan is suddenly faced with terrifying threats to his business, his courage, and his life.
Believing that the missing video holds the key to a priceless treasure, and wrongly convinced that Logan knows where to find it, criminal forces set out to press him for information he doesn't have. To survive, he realizes that he himself must sort out the truth. The final race to the tape throws more hazards in Logan's way than his dead jockey friend could ever have imagined.
Glass shatters. Logan doesn't ...but it's a close-run thing.
"Dick Francis is a genius . . ."-Los Angeles Times
Believing that the missing video holds the key to a priceless treasure, and wrongly convinced that Logan knows where to find it, criminal forces set out to press him for information he doesn't have. To survive, he realizes that he himself must sort out the truth. The final race to the tape throws more hazards in Logan's way than his dead jockey friend could ever have imagined.
Glass shatters. Logan doesn't ...but it's a close-run thing.
"Dick Francis is a genius . . ."-Los Angeles Times
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Genres:
- Literature & Fiction >> General >> Contemporary
- Mystery & Thrillers >> Mystery >> General
- Mystery & Thrillers >> Authors, A-Z >> ( F ) >> Francis, Dick >> General
- Mystery & Thrillers >> Authors, A-Z >> ( F ) >> Francis, Dick >> Hardcover
- Mystery & Thrillers >> General
Other Versions of this Book: Audio Cassette (Abridged), Paperback, Audio CD, Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Unabridged)
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Wendy R. (Another terrific thriller by Dick Francis! The ONLY reason I'm giving this book up is that I own two other copies. Dick Francis is one of the very few authors so good that I own every single one of his books, both in hard copy and paperback. His writing is always brilliant and mesmerizing. "Shattered" is no exception.
Another great Dick Francis novel. I'm always amazed when people say that they've never heard of Dick Francis. He's a fabulous mystery/thriller writer, and this novel is another example of that.
Pauline W. from EL PASO, TX wrote on 12/4/2006...Another good read from Mr. Francis. I enjoyed this book.
Pat C. from SEATTLE, WA wrote on 10/26/2006...This Dick Francis book was a fascinating read. This time, he tells us about the world of a master glass artist, friend of a champion jockey. The ensuing chaos when the jockey dies leads to murder, mayhem, and love, as three videotapes are confused and alternately lost and found and lost again. The trail leads through the cybernet, along the downs with vicious attack dogs, and gets stirred up by a gorgeous, wealthy chauffeur-driven force of nature who happens to be the mother-in-law of the dead jockey. The twisting plotline and remarkable setting mark Shattered as another superb Francis read!
Annette S. from PHOENIX, AZ wrote on 11/2/2005...Menace and murder in this novel about a perilous search for a stolen videotape.
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