Hot Money

· Penguin UK
4.7
15 reviews
Ebook
464
Pages

About this ebook

Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time

'Well-crafted and unputdownable. An excellent read' 5***** Reader Review
'Superbly paced and plotted. One of Francis's best' 5***** Reader Review
'A well written and totally engrossing read' 5***** Reader Review
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Malcolm Pembroke didn't get rich without making a few enemies - not least among the five wives and nine children left like wreckage in his wake.

But when Moira, his fifth wife, is murdered, Malcolm believes that someone is out to get him. Desperate and fearful, there's only one person he can turn to: his estranged son, Ian.

Ian - an amateur jockey - wants nothing to do with his father until it becomes clear the old man's life is in danger.

And worst of all, the evidence suggests it's from someone the family . . .

Can Ian work out who it is before they strike again?

Packed with intrigue and hair-raising suspense, Hot Money is just one of the many blockbuster thrillers from legendary crime writer Dick Francis.

Praise for Dick Francis:

'As a jockey, Dick Francis was unbeatable when he got into his stride. The same is true of his crime writing' Daily Mirror

'The narrative is brisk and gripping and the background researched with care . . . the entire story is a pleasure to relish' Scotsman

'Dick Francis's fiction has a secret ingredient - his inimitable knack of grabbing the reader's attention on page one and holding it tight until the very end' Sunday Telegraph

'A regular winner . . . as smooth, swift and lean as ever' Sunday Express

'The master of suspense and intrigue' Country Life

'Francis writing at his best' Evening Standard

'Still the master' Racing Post

Ratings and reviews

4.7
15 reviews
A Google user
April 14, 2018
I have always enjoyed Dick Frances but lost my way some time ago so it was nice to find him again. I will be reading all his old stories again when I find them.
Melissa Edwards
November 25, 2019
Family angst over patriarch with a Midas touch and adverserial relationships.
Peter mclaughlin
January 15, 2020
His best book by far
1 person found this review helpful

About the author

Dick Francis was one of the most successful post-war National Hunt jockeys. The winner of over 350 races, he was champion jockey in 1953/1954 and rode for HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, most famously on Devon Loch in the 1956 Grand National. On his retirement from the saddle, he published his autobiography, The Sport of Queens, before going on to write forty-three bestselling novels, a volume of short stories (Field of 13), and the biography of Lester Piggott.

During his lifetime Dick Francis received many awards, amongst them the prestigious Crime Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to the genre, and three 'best novel' Edgar Allan Poe awards from The Mystery Writers of America. In 1996 he was named by them as Grand Master for a lifetime's achievement. In 1998 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 2000.

Dick Francis died in February 2010, at the age of eighty-nine, but he remains one of the greatest thriller writers of all time.

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