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Dead Cert/Nerve/For Kicks [Mass Market Paperback]

Dick Francis (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)


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October 30, 1996
THREE CLASSIC MYSTERY NOVELS AT ONE SPECIAL LOW PRICE!
DEAD CERT
Alan York knew racing was a dangerous sport: horses fell, jockeys got hurt. But he also knew that the recent death of a champion rider was no accident. And it was the kind of suspicion that could get a man killed. . . .
NERVE
Just when it looked like Rob Finn would break into racing's big time, he seemed to have lost his nerve. But the horses had never felt so slow and sluggish beneath him. And when he found out the reason, he could barely breathe. . . .
FOR KICKS
When Daniel Roke left his Australian stud farm to look into an English horse-doping scandal, he discovered that men who gave drugs to horses would do much worse to human beings. . . .
DICK FRANCIS
The incomparable Dick Francis is known worldwide for his brilliant, bestselling mystery thrillers. Now, for the first time, here are the original three mysteries that kicked off his illustrious career!
"Francis captures our attention and holds us spellbound. . . . All the breathless pace we have come to expect of this superb writer."
--The New York Times Book Review

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THREE CLASSIC MYSTERY NOVELS AT ONE SPECIAL LOW PRICE!
DEAD CERT
Alan York knew racing was a dangerous sport: horses fell, jockeys got hurt. But he also knew that the recent death of a champion rider was no accident. And it was the kind of suspicion that could get a man killed. . . .
NERVE
Just when it looked like Rob Finn would break into racing's big time, he seemed to have lost his nerve. But the horses had never felt so slow and sluggish beneath him. And when he found out the reason, he could barely breathe. . . .
FOR KICKS
When Daniel Roke left his Australian stud farm to look into an English horse-doping scandal, he discovered that men who gave drugs to horses would do much worse to human beings. . . .
DICK FRANCIS
The incomparable Dick Francis is known worldwide for his brilliant, bestselling mystery thrillers. Now, for the first time, here are the original three mysteries that kicked off his illustrious career!
"Francis captures our attention and holds us spellbound. . . . All the breathless pace we have come to expect of this superb writer."
--The New York Times Book Review

Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 727 pages
  • Publisher: Fawcett (October 30, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0449287688
  • ISBN-13: 978-0449287682
  • Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 1.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #661,350 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars NERVE : A Fairly Important Person, October 23, 2003
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Mary E. Sibley (Carneys Point, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Cert/Nerve/For Kicks (Mass Market Paperback)
Dick Francis writes with economy. NERVE opens with the suicide of a jockey. The hero, Rob Finn, another jockey, and the others discuss the event. The suicide victim's wife has a fur coat and is not likely to welcome the commiserations of the other jockeys. They choose not to present themselves to be snubbed. The suicide victim had been obsessively tidy. Finn witnessed the suicide. The suicide victim and a trainer had been in the habit of exchanging acrimonious words.

The other offerings in the three novel set are equally fine. One of the advantages of a Dick Francis book is having a hero one cares about and a plot that develops smoothly from start to finish.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Break-neck reading, January 13, 1998
This review is from: Dead Cert/Nerve/For Kicks (Mass Market Paperback)
My wife and I are avid mystery readers. Usually, one of us solves the mystery, then dares the other to solve it in less pages. But with Dick Francis, we haven't been able to solve until his character does. This makes for a very exiting, challenging books, real page turners.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Three feel-good stories!, August 4, 1997
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This review is from: Dead Cert/Nerve/For Kicks (Mass Market Paperback)
Dick Francis is a master of the do-the-right-thing
novel! If you're looking for intriguing story
lines, believable characters and cover-to-cover
racing, you'll love these three novels
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