Flying Finish [Unabridged] [Paperback]

Dick Francis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 8, 1996

When amateur jockey and pilot Lord Henry Grey launches himself into a career in the bloodstock market, he finds more danger and excitement than he'd ever anticipated. Henry immediately takes to his glittering new world and, when he meets the glamorous Gabriella in Italy, is sure he's hit the good life. That is, until a horse mysteriously dies in transit and a colleague vanishes. Then Grey discovers that both his predecessors went missing in mysterious circumstances and begins to doubt the wisdom of his career change. Either he has to turn detective or his own disappearance could be next ...

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The best writer in the mystery genre. -- Larry King, USA Today --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Henry Grey was considered hard to get along with. But he knew a change of job was all he needed. No more part-time office work/amateur jockey races for him. So he took a new job, air- transporting racehorses to change his luck and see the world. But he saw something quite unexpected in the cargo hold....
"The best thriller writer going."
ATLANTIC MONTHLY --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 340 pages
• Publisher: Pan Books; Unabridged edition (November 8, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0330021117
• ISBN-13: 978-0330021111
• Product Dimensions: 4.4 x 0.9 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #776,812 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dick Francis was the author of more than forty acclaimed books. Among his numerous awards were three Edgar Awards, the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger, and the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award. He died in February 2010.

Felix Francis has assisted with the research of many of the Dick Francis novels and is the coauthor of Dead Heat, Silks, and Even Money. He lives in England.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good early Francis novel, September 4, 2001

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Martha E. Nelson (Watertown, Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flying Finish (Paperback)

This is a novel about another of Francis' lonely heros, caught between social classes and fairly mysterious to most of those who know him. This one ends up having a fairly riveting story, with genuinely unpleasant villains. as with most of Francis' heros, he is deceptively stubborn and survives hideous experiences to bring things to a safe conclusion. This one, however, leaves some loos ends hanging. We are lefft wondering what will happen to his Italian girlfriend (characteristically, for this hero, they are instantly in love but can't speak the same language, so there is a distance between them, as there is with the rest of the hero's family and acquaintances) and what choices he will make about the rest of his life.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Never give in!, January 28, 1999

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This review is from: Flying Finish (Mass Market Paperback)

Excuse my poor English, I am the Ukrainian. I was overjoyed to read this book. The main lesson that man have to learn is how to resist to the deadline and what is the vigour exactly.

3.0 out of 5 stars Dick Francis, April 6, 2011

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This review is from: Flying Finish (Mass Market Paperback)

I've read almost all of Dick Francis' books, and I enjoyed this one, but I do feel it was slower than most of them, and just didn't hold my interest as much as the others do.