Jockey Freddie Croft thought he'd left the perils behind him when he retired from the jump game. These days he was happy to transport horses from their stables to the races. Until one of his drivers picked up an unlicensed passenger. And brought him back dead. The corpse on the doorstep was Freddie's unwelcome introduction to the shadowy, big-money conspiracy which muscled into his business and started to threaten his life. But Freddie was a fighter, and winning was in his blood ...First identify the dangers. Then beat them out of sight ...

General Information

ISBN : 9780330329514
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Imprint : Pan Books
Weight (g) : 0.225
Publication date : 31 October 1993
Dimensions : 178mm X 111mm X 27mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
Availability date : 01 October 2011
Product Type : books

Other Specifications

Author : Dick Francis
Bind : Paperback
Edition : New edition
Dewey classification : 823.914
Pages : 304

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Reviews

'A thundering good read' - Daily Mail 'I enjoyed this book hugely' - Julie Burchill, Sunday Times 'Galloping heroics ...the old master still engages all your interest' - Mail on Sunday

Author description

Dick Francis wrote more than forty international bestsellers and was widely acclaimed as one of the world's finest thriller writers. His awards included the Crime Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to the genre, and an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Tufts University of Boston. In 1996 Dick Francis was made a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master for a lifetime's achievement and in 2000 he was awarded the CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. Sadly he died in 2010.