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Book Review of 10 lb Penalty

10 lb Penalty
10 lb Penalty
Author: Dick Francis
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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I love Dick Francis books and this one was one of the best that I think I've read. A lot of people say to me, "Oh, he writes about horses, doesn't he?", as though it were not a subject they find interesting. Believe me, it doesn't matter whether you're interested in horses or not. I'm not really interested in horses at all. However, all of his books that I've read involve horse racing in some way, although sometimes it is only a small connection. His characters are very real and he makes you care about what happens to them, and there is always a great deal of suspense in his stories, and they're all hard to put down.