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Dick Francis (Author)
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October 5, 2004
A hard fall took hotshot jockey Sid Halley out of the horse racing game, leaving him with a crippled hand, a broken heart, and a desperate need for a new job.

In Odds Against, he lands a position with a detective agency. His first case brings him up against a field of thoroughbred criminals, and the odds against him are making it a long shot that he'll even survive.

Whip Hand finds Halley haunted by his glory days, although he still finds a certain satisfaction in solving a case. Hired by the wife of one of England's top racehorse trainers, Halley needs to figure out why her husband's most promising horses have been performing so poorly, and winds up haunted by more than just memories.

In Come to Grief, Halley becomes convinced that one of his closest friends-and one of the racing world's most beloved figures--is behind a series of shockingly violent acts. No one wants to believe that Ellis Quint could be guilty, so the public and press are turning their wrath against Halley instead. Now he's facing opposition at every turn-and finding danger lies straight ahead.

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Dick Francis is the New York Times bestselling author of many novels. A three-time Edgar Award-winner, he was named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1996 and received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Malice Domestic mystery convention.

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  • Paperback: 656 pages
  • Publisher: Berkley Trade (October 5, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 042519972X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0425199725
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.4 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,024,959 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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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4.0 out of 5 stars Unexpected, August 31, 2006
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I didn't realize that this was an anthology of three stories that I had previously read but I enjoyed re-reading all of them.
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5.0 out of 5 stars DICK FRANCIS REDUX, April 7, 2005
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We can thank the popularity of Francis at the time of COME TO GRIEF AND SHATTERED, both books having Sid Halley in them, that the book club gave us a hardcover edition of WIN, PLACE OR SHOW.

All three of these novels were past best sellers and reading them for the first time or rereading them as the case may be is something most Dick Francis fans will enjoy.

So put your money down on this book to Win, Place, or Show.

Semper Fi.
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4.0 out of 5 stars horseworld, January 4, 2007
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As usual Dick Francis is up to date with his book(s).
Whatever the story, it will keep you reading. If you are an horselover you feel even more love fir it.
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I WAS NEVER particularly keen on my job before the day I got shot and nearly lost it, along with my life. Read the first page
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horse nuts, work jockey, racing section, weighing room, race glasses, senior steward, lopping shears, pig disease, little bleeders, false hand, fencing post, brown overalls, green jumper, balloon race
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Sid Halley, Ellis Quint, Trevor Deansgate, Sir Thomas, George Caspar, John Viking, Lord Hagbourne, Topline Foods, Peter Rammileese, Miss Martin, Owen Yorkshire, Gordon Quint, Archie Kirk, Lucas Wainwright, Davis Tatum, Eddy Keith, Kevin Mills, Norman Picton, Captain Oxon, Inky Poole, Nicholas Ashe, Security Service, Henry Thrace, India Cathcart, Tunbridge Wells
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