From a New York Timesβbestselling author, βa supersized action-suspense novelβ about a celebrity turned amateur sleuth investigating a horseracing mystery (Kirkus Reviews).
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Dick Francis, Edgar Awardβwinning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
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Edward Lincoln may be an international film star who plays daring detectives on the big screen, but in reality heβs just an ordinary man.
Unfortunately, his ailing friend doesnβt seem to think so, and now heβs come to South Africa to investigate whoβs been tampering with her racehorses. But it isnβt long before he realizes he must go face-to-face with a killer, and give the performance of his life to save his lifeΒ .Β .Β .
Praise for the writing of Dick Francis:
βDick Francis is a wonder.β βCleveland Plain Dealer
βAn imaginative craftsman of high order.β βThe Sunday Times
βFew things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.β βChicago Tribune
βFew match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.β βBoston Herald
β[The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills.β βNewsday
β[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.β βThe Wall Street Journal
βFrancis is a genius.β βLos Angeles Times
βA rare and magical talentΒ .Β .Β . who never writes the same story twice.β βTheΒ San Diego Union-Tribune