High Stakes (Mass Market Paperback)

by Dick Francis (Author)

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Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure, inventive menace. -- Boston Herald --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure, inventive menace. (Boston Herald) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Fawcett (February 22, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425209148
• ISBN-13: 978-0449221143
• ASIN: 0449221148
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #963,990 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vintage Francis , just excellent!, August 10, 1998

By A Customer

As usual Dick Francis crafted a tight plot with plenty of character development. Story is about a young, wealthy, toy designer who discovers that his racehorse trainer is cheating him in a big way. The rest of the story involves recovery of the owners property and retribution to the theives. Francis at his best!

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of his best...but then they all are, August 10, 1998

By A Customer

Dick Francis has got to be the best mystery writer to come along in a long time. I never tire of his books. I've read High Stakes and listened to it on cassette many times. High Stakes is an enjoyable read with suspense and even romance. As always, Francis writes about horses. Horses are the thread that hold his books together, but none of his books are the same. He always manages to put a different spin on things and he's never boring! I mean, the man's written about so many different professions I'm wondering what he's gonna write about next. He's got jockeys, toy makers (High Stakes), teachers, negotiators for kidnap victims, painters, politicians, detectives, government agents, pilots, truck drivers, survival guide writers. You name it, he's got it. His characters are always ordinary yet extraordinary in what they can accomplish when they set their minds to. They discover strength they didn't know they had--Sid Halley for instance in Come to Grief. I hesitate to say this, but I, as a woman, find it true that many of his characters have an underlying sexiness to them. Francis is not one of those authors who feel the need to use explicit language or sex scenes, but the sexiness is definitely there! I could go on all night about Francis' wonderful plots and characters, so I'll just satisfy myself with saying they are all great and you won't regret reading any of his books.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Winner Take All, January 13, 2008

By	Nash Black "Troubadour" (Jamestown, KY) - See all my reviews

HIGH STAKES is another of Dick Francis's delft forays into unusual professions that support the love of horses and racing. Successful inventor Steven Scott enjoys the sport of kings until he discovers that he has been betrayed and removes his stable from his trainer Jody Leeds.
Jody thought he had a sucker to lead him into big time racing with a little gratuity on the side, but Jody gets even by casting Steven as the baddy who is out to ruin him.
A love story intertwines it way through the novel with love and sex presented as normal, a relief from sensationalism.
The climax to this novel is one of the most gruesome of all of Ms. Francis's stories, the ending satisfying.
Nash Black, author of SINS OF THE FATHERS and QUALIFYING LAPS.