Slay Ride (Eagle Large Print Book) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Dick Francis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1993 | Series: Eagle Large Print Book

In Norway, a British jockey has gone missing and investigator David Cleveland is on the trail. Bob Sherman has disappeared from Oslo racecourse and a day's takings from the turnstiles has gone with him. No one can find any trace of him, and Cleveland is everybody's last resort.

--This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

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“Nobody sets up a mystery better than Dick Francis.”
—San Francisco Chronicle --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"One of the greatest living suspense writers."
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British investigator David Cleveland has come to Oslo to investigate a champion jockey's disappearance right before the National, a race he was certain to win. But he's almost drowned in a fjord for his troubles. David knows accident and coincidence couldn't begin to explain this little mishap or the oncoming gruesome string of deaths that David Cleveland would find was meant to include his own.... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 302 pages
• Publisher: Chivers North Amer; Lrg edition (February 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0792714318
• ISBN-13: 978-0792714316
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,575,018 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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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good story and good characters, June 20, 2001

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

This review is from: Slay Ride (Paperback)

I listened to this book on tape, and initially I had to accustom myself to the Norwegian setting and accents. Once I had myself acclimated, I enjoyed it a great deal, although I will say that I "figured it out" faster than I do some mysteries.

What I liked, I think, was the slightly unique setting and the things about Northern European horse racing that I had not know before. I also thought the chracters were interesting and had some depth that is sometimes missing in Francis' books. There are some characters in this one that I have wondered about as you would with real people--what made them turn out this way? and what is going to happen to them afterwords?

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A cold end in Norway, April 5, 2010

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Patto (Vermont) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Slay Ride (Paperback)

Dick Francis always teaches the reader something, and in Slay Ride we learn that there aren't many homebred jump jockeys in Norway. The population is small, with not enough racing going on. So English jockeys are often invited to ride in races.

One of these jockeys, Bob Sherman, is accused of stealing the day's take at the Øvrevoll racetrack. He's disappeared with sixteen thousand kroner. Feeling somewhat embarrassed by the incident, the British Jockey Club sends its investigator, David Cleveland, to Norway to look into the matter.

David is the usual appealing Dick Francis hero, but with charms all his own. At thirty-three, he barely looks twenty-five, so he gets no respect (at first) from the bigwigs. In fact, he's a skilled fact finder. He's trained himself to watch the movements of people's eyes, and even to sense slight disturbances in the atmosphere caused by fear or aggression in others. His carefully cultivated jungle instincts are destined to come in handy.

David's inquiry into a fairly minor theft uncovers a much bigger game. So big that he has to deal with several attempts on his life.

The cast includes some wacky characters. Like David's chauffeur, a left-wing Norwegian who drives like a maniac, his Great Dane calmly ensconced in the back seat. And then there's the paranoid Norwegian security guy who's always looking over his shoulder for attackers. And David's weird neighbor in London who can't bear noise. Women enter the picture, too, giving our hero a chance to have healthy male thoughts, politely controlled.

I knocked this book down in a day, unable to stop reading. I'd certainly recommend it, along with everything else by Dick Francis!

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5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE LIVELIEST, MOST DEVIOUS, AND MOST CREDIBLE..., July 7, 2011

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This review is from: Slay Ride (Audio Cassette)

SLAY RIDE
BY DICK FRANCIS
7 - 1 HOUR AUDIO CASSETTES
READ BY DAVID CASE
P 1991 BOOKS ON TAPE, INC.

ROBERT SHERMAN IS A CHAMPION JOCKEY.
HE'S SURE TO WIN THE UPCOMING NORWEGIAN NATIONAL...
THAT IS, UNTIL HE SUDDENLY DROPS OUT OF SIGHT.

CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE, DAVID CLEVELAND SETS OUT TO FIND HIS MAN.
WHAT HE UNCOVERS INSTEAD IS A SERIES OF DEATHS THAT, IF HE IS NOT CAREFUL, WILL SOON INCLUDE HIS OWN!

"ONE OF THE LIVELIEST, MOST DEVIOUS, AND MOST CREDIBLE OF DICK FRANCIS'S THRILLERS." [THE NEW YORKER]
---from the back cover of audio cassettes holder