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Risk
Risk
Author: Dick Francis
Winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup Steeplechase can be hazardous to your health.... — Roland Britten, accountant and champion steeplechase jockey, wakes to confusion. He's cold, blind and can't find his hands. Something above prevents him from sitting up, and a rumbling din fills his hearing and rattles his bones. Obviously, he surmises, it ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780449222393
ISBN-10: 044922239X
Publication Date: 1977
Pages: 271
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4 stars, based on 63 ratings
Publisher: Fawcett Crest
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Roland Britten was an amateur jockey, and an accountant by profession, who woke up one morning and found he couldn't move his hands. He could also not see. And all he could hear was the noise of an engine, very close by. He finally decided he was lying in the dark, tied to a generator. But why? And where? And by whom? And what would happen next?
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Roland Britten was an amateur jockey, and an accountant by profession, who woke up one morning and found he couldn't move his hands. he also could not see. and all he could hear was the noise of an engine, very close by. He finally decided he was lying in the dark to a generator. But why?" and where? And by whom? And what would happen next?
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Roland Britton was amateur Steeple-Cahse Jockey, and an Accountant by profession. But on the morning of March 17 he was following neither pursuit. On that Morning he woke up and found out that he could nor move his hands. Ans when he tried to sit up he banged his head on something. He could not see and all that he could hear was an engine close by. He finally decided that he was lying in the dark tied to a generator. But why? And where? And by whom? And what would happen next?

An excellent mystery .Please read to find out what happens next.
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Good read
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Dick Francis never disappoints
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Another unique story by Dick Francis. An outstanding story
trekie70 avatar reviewed Risk on + 291 more book reviews
This is another early work of Francis but much better than Smokescreen. It moves fairly quickly. I can recommend it.
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A page turner with horses.
Jeanene avatar reviewed Risk on
For an abridged reading, this one is very good. The story itself is superb! An accountant who knows all the financial connections between villagers, and a jockey who rides for the thrill of it but not as a professional finds himself held captive for no apparent reason. The desperation and futility of his helplessness and the terror and joy of escaping keeps you on the edge of your seat. Dick Francis is ALWAYS a good read.
ladycholla avatar reviewed Risk on + 2081 more book reviews
Wonderful mystery, as usual from Dick Francis.
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As with all Dick Francis books that I've read (and I've read many), Risk is a very good read. I could not put it down once I began reading!


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