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Straight
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 11 h y 7 m
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In this mystery from New York Times bestselling author Dick Francis, a jockey becomes the sole inheritor of his late brother’s business, horse, mistress, and enemies.
Steeplechase jockey Derek Franklin has had more broken bones than he cares to count, but it seems his latest injury could very well bring his days on the race course to a screeching halt. But that’s the least of his concerns when his brother turns up dead, leaving Derek as the sole inheritor of his estate. It doesn’t take long for Derek to learn that his brother—a magistrate who imported and sold semiprecious stones—was keeping more than his share of secrets. Now Derek must recover $1.5 million worth of missing diamonds—and find out who wanted his brother dead—or else his career won’t be the only thing in danger of being cut short …
“If you read the first paragraph of Straight, I’m willing to wager, whatever the odds, you will spring to the finish line.”—The Washington Post
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Hero: A Simon Serrailler Short Story
- De: Susan Hill
- Narrado por: Steven Pacey
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When Simon Serrailler was a rookie constable with the Met, he did something reckless in the course of a night's work which caused a man's death. But his act was praised by his colleagues, and he was called a hero. Years later, now a detective chief superintendent who has been badly injured in the course of duty, he receives a medal for bravery at Buckingham Palace while recollecting that fateful night of his early career, when chance disguised itself as bravery.
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This 'story' makes no sense to me
- De Pamela Donaldson en 05-10-17
De: Susan Hill
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Loot
- De: Aaron Elkins
- Narrado por: David Stifel
- Duración: 12 h y 49 m
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In April 1945, The Nazis, reeling and near defeat, frantically work to hide the huge store of art treasures that Hitler has looted from Europe. Truck convoys loaded with the cultural wealth of the Western world pour in an unending stream into the compound of the vast Altaussee salt mine high in the Austrian Alps. But with the Allies closing in, the vaunted efficiency of the Nazis has broken down. At Altaussee, all is tumult and confusion.
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This book was a wonderful example of why I normally avoid histfiction: too good, too gripping! Now I need to read Monuments Men!
- De Logophile en 08-01-24
De: Aaron Elkins
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Dr Yes
- De: Colin Bateman
- Narrado por: Stephen Armstrong
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
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The hilarious new Mystery Man crime caper from the master of menace and mirth. Beauty is in the eye of the be header. The wife of crime writer Augustine Wogan disappeared shortly after entering the exclusive clinic of the mysterious Dr Yes, plastic surgeon extraordinaire. As fatherhood approaches, the Small Bookseller with No Name is persuaded to investigate. He soon finds himself up to his neck in murder, make-up and madness - and face to face with the most gruesome serial killer since the last one.
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Fun diversion from the usual fair
- De Dennis en 11-09-12
De: Colin Bateman
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A Feast of Carrion
- De: Keith McCarthy
- Narrado por: Sean Barrett
- Duración: 13 h y 26 m
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St Benjamin's Medical School is the greatest of its kind, any death occurring within its walls would have created ripples within the academic world, but the death of Nikki Exner is far from being ordinary. Raped, and then grotesquely executed, her theatrical murder horrifies everyone. John Eisenmenger, a former forensic pathologist, finds himself dragged unwillingly into the case. Teaming up with solicitor Helena Flemming, Eisenmenger sets out to discover what really did happen to Nikki Exner.
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- De Yves en 06-27-09
De: Keith McCarthy
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A Carrion Death
- Introducing Detective Kubu
- De: Michael Stanley
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 14 h y 19 m
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Smashed skull, snapped ribs, and a cloying smell of carrion. Leave the body for the hyenas to devour - no body, no case. But when Kalahari game rangers stumble on a human corpse midmeal, it turns out the murder wasn't perfect after all. Enough evidence is left to suggest foul play. Detective David "Kubu" Bengu of the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department is assigned to the case.
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Hot and Arid
- De Robert en 11-06-08
De: Michael Stanley
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Single & Single
- De: John le Carré
- Narrado por: Michael Jayston
- Duración: 12 h y 4 m
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A lawyer from the London finance house of Single & Single is shot dead on a Turkish hillside by people with whom he thought he was in business. A children's magician is asked by his bank to explain the unsolicited arrival of more than five million pounds sterling in his young daughter's modest trust. A freighter bound for Liverpool is boarded by Russian coast guards in the Black Sea. The celebrated London merchant venturer "Tiger" Single disappears into thin air.
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The spy who came back to the bank
- De Darwin8u en 03-12-14
De: John le Carré
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Death at La Fenice
- Commissario Brunetti Mysteries, Book 1
- De: Donna Leon
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
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During intermission at the famed La Fenice opera house in Venice, Italy, a notoriously difficult and widely disliked German conductor is poisoned—and suspects abound. Guido Brunetti, a native Venetian, sets out to unravel the mystery behind the high-profile murder. To do so, he calls on his knowledge of Venice, its culture, and its dirty politics. Along the way, he finds the crime may have roots going back decades—and that revenge, corruption, and even Italian cuisine may play a role.
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Hercule Poirot in Venice...!!!
- De Emil Grancagnolo en 10-09-22
De: Donna Leon
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Bonecrack
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 6 h y 32 m
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Dick Francis, the bestselling master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. In the middle of the night, two masked men break into Neil Griffon’s home and abduct him. He quickly discovers that unless he agrees to their unreasonable demands, they will destroy his father’s precious horse and racing stable, and ultimately Neil himself. Returned to his father’s stables, he must find a way to bring down these criminals, because having to choose between his integrity and his life is no choice at all.
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Horses and Fathers
- De Markhov en 06-28-23
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Dead Cert
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
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The victory was hollow for Alan. He had been running a close second behind his good friend Bill Davidson, when Bill’s horse unexpectedly jerked as he soared over the steeplechase fence. Now, Bill was dead from his injuries, and Alan knew it wasn’t an accident. A small menacing thread of wire dangled from the top of the fence—a carefully constructed plot of malice. Curious, Alan begins an investigation that points to corruption that transcends the racing circuit—seeping into the town surrounding the track.
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Classic Dick Francis
- De Terilyn en 07-04-22
De: Dick Francis
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The Danger
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
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Kidnapping is Andrew Douglas's business: they take them, he finds them. But it isn't so simple when Alessia Cenci, golden-girl jockey, disappears, followed by the young child of a derby winner and the senior steward of the Jockey Club. From Italy to England to Washington, D.C., Andrew's caseload is suddenly, violently overflowing. And he must fight triply hard to keep his own name off the growing list of victims.
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Good but disturbing
- De oseedee en 06-08-23
De: Dick Francis
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Odds Against
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Geoffrey Howard
- Duración: 7 h y 13 m
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It’s amazing what bodily injury can do for a man. A fall from a racehorse left brilliant jockey Sid Halley dangerously depressed, with a wrecked hand and the need for a new career. It was a bullet wound that helped him find one.
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Fabulous!
- De motown en 02-10-15
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Comeback
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 10 h y 29 m
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When globe-hopping British First Secretary Peter Darwin returns to his childhood home for a visit, he is sorry. Waiting for him were long-hidden memories, a string of racehorse deaths and homicide. As Darwin begins to realize that the key to all of it involves his own past, he wishes he'd never come back, because he just might never leave again—alive.
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Like the story, but sound was weird
- De Jeanette en 11-07-22
De: Dick Francis
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Forfeit
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 7 h y 19 m
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When reporter Bert Chekov falls to his death, his colleague James Tyrone is suspicious. Chekov’s column had recently recommended some ‘can’t-lose’ horses, who then wound up out of the running on race day. Tyrone thinks he can prove it was murder, but he may not live to tell the tale. Because as the dead man has already made clear, there’s no such thing as a sure thing...
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Not as good as usual
- De Fenestration Sensation en 07-29-24
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Bonecrack
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 6 h y 32 m
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Dick Francis, the bestselling master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. In the middle of the night, two masked men break into Neil Griffon’s home and abduct him. He quickly discovers that unless he agrees to their unreasonable demands, they will destroy his father’s precious horse and racing stable, and ultimately Neil himself. Returned to his father’s stables, he must find a way to bring down these criminals, because having to choose between his integrity and his life is no choice at all.
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Horses and Fathers
- De Markhov en 06-28-23
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Dead Cert
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
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The victory was hollow for Alan. He had been running a close second behind his good friend Bill Davidson, when Bill’s horse unexpectedly jerked as he soared over the steeplechase fence. Now, Bill was dead from his injuries, and Alan knew it wasn’t an accident. A small menacing thread of wire dangled from the top of the fence—a carefully constructed plot of malice. Curious, Alan begins an investigation that points to corruption that transcends the racing circuit—seeping into the town surrounding the track.
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Classic Dick Francis
- De Terilyn en 07-04-22
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The Danger
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
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Kidnapping is Andrew Douglas's business: they take them, he finds them. But it isn't so simple when Alessia Cenci, golden-girl jockey, disappears, followed by the young child of a derby winner and the senior steward of the Jockey Club. From Italy to England to Washington, D.C., Andrew's caseload is suddenly, violently overflowing. And he must fight triply hard to keep his own name off the growing list of victims.
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Good but disturbing
- De oseedee en 06-08-23
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Odds Against
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Geoffrey Howard
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It’s amazing what bodily injury can do for a man. A fall from a racehorse left brilliant jockey Sid Halley dangerously depressed, with a wrecked hand and the need for a new career. It was a bullet wound that helped him find one.
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Fabulous!
- De motown en 02-10-15
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Comeback
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 10 h y 29 m
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When globe-hopping British First Secretary Peter Darwin returns to his childhood home for a visit, he is sorry. Waiting for him were long-hidden memories, a string of racehorse deaths and homicide. As Darwin begins to realize that the key to all of it involves his own past, he wishes he'd never come back, because he just might never leave again—alive.
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Like the story, but sound was weird
- De Jeanette en 11-07-22
De: Dick Francis
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Forfeit
- De: Dick Francis
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When reporter Bert Chekov falls to his death, his colleague James Tyrone is suspicious. Chekov’s column had recently recommended some ‘can’t-lose’ horses, who then wound up out of the running on race day. Tyrone thinks he can prove it was murder, but he may not live to tell the tale. Because as the dead man has already made clear, there’s no such thing as a sure thing...
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Not as good as usual
- De Fenestration Sensation en 07-29-24
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To the Hilt
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 9 h y 44 m
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Featuring the gripping plot, dramatic settings and believable characters that listeners have come to expect from Dick Francis, To the Hilt displays the master at the top of his form.
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Relaxed Entertainment
- De R. Pontiflet en 05-11-17
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Nerve
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 8 h y 19 m
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Despair, suicide, and obsessive hatred, mixed well with humor, love, and horses, brew up into the story of a battle between one man's nerve and another man's cunning. Robert Finn, steeplechase jockey, finds himself the focus of a malicious campaign, which is also afflicting his friends. He sets out to discover its source and remove it.
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One of his best!
- De Darc en 11-08-22
De: Dick Francis
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Proof
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 9 h y 43 m
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Wine merchant Tony Beach has expertly catered his latest society soiree, but the fun’s over when a team of hit men crash the party…literally. The event leaves Tony with a bitter aftertaste of suspicion—and sets off a mystery that’s an intoxicating blend of deception, intrigue, and murder.
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One Of Francis' Best: An Entertaining Story
- De R. Pontiflet en 06-03-17
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Break In
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 9 h y 14 m
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Jockey Kit Fielding has been riding the de Brescou’s horses in a succession of triumphs on the race course. But this winning streak is about to end. Kit’s twin sister, Holly, has come to him in desperation. Threatened by financial scandal, she and her husband may lose their training stables. Kit soon finds, though, that a greater danger lurks behind the threat—one that could be fatal.
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One of the Best Audio Books Ever!
- De Aaron P. Lazar en 10-26-12
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For Kicks
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
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Australian horse breeder Daniel Roke had resisted the exorbitant sum of money offered by a suave Englishman to investigate a scandal involving drugged racehorses. But after another investigator dies mysteriously, Roke agrees to fill his shoes, and learns that men who would give drugs to horses are capable of doing much worse to human beings …
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One of my favorite Dick Francis books!
- De Sharon G. en 06-10-23
De: Dick Francis
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10 Lb. Penalty
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 7 h y 28 m
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Even though Ben Juliard had always dreamt of becoming a jockey, he couldn’t say no when his father—a prominent politician—pulled some strings and got him a job in his campaign for Parliament. Now, Ben needs to do more than smile for the cameras.
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Father - Son Bonding Moments!
- De R. Pontiflet en 02-16-15
De: Dick Francis
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Driving Force
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 10 h y 29 m
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A dead hitchhiker, empty canisters found at the bottom of several trucks, and the murder of a harmless mechanic are the bizarre events that lead ex-jockey Freddie Croft to suspect that his transport company, Driving Force, is involved in drug smuggling, or something far worse.
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A Good Suspenseful Mystery....
- De R. Pontiflet en 04-12-15
De: Dick Francis
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Field of Thirteen
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
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A superbly crafted collection of thirteen tightly plotted tales that treats listeners to murder, mystery, and mayhem in the world of horseracing. With his remarkable blend of unrelenting suspense, finely tuned narrative, and lean, stylish prose, New York Times bestselling author Dick Francis proves that he is as much a master of the short story as he is of the novel in this thrilling collection.
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Great narrator
- De Consuelo B. Graham en 11-22-22
De: Dick Francis
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Flying Finish
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 8 h y 46 m
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Henry Grey is a man who needs a change. His job as an office worker is as tedious as the women his mother sets him up with. His new job transporting thoroughbred racehorses to exotic international destinations should perk up his mundane existence. However, when he intercepts a cryptic message hidden in the bottom of a smuggled bottle of birth control pills, Grey learns that horses are not his only cargo.
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Disappointing for a Fan
- De Connie T. en 04-25-22
De: Dick Francis
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Rat Race
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Ian Ogilvy
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Hired to fly four racing buffs to the track, pilot Matt Shore expects it will be the kind of job he likes: quick and easy. That is until he’s forced to make an emergency landing just minutes before the plane explodes. Luckily nobody is hurt, but it isn’t long before Matt realizes that he’s caught up in a rat race among violent criminals, who are dead set on putting anyone who stands in their way on the wrong side of the odds.
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Vintage Francis
- De MICHAEL en 06-05-23
De: Dick Francis
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Reflex
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
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Longtime jockey Philip Nore is no hero. But when he begins to suspect that a racetrack photographer’s fatal accident was really murder, he sets out to discover the truth and trap the killer. Slowly, he unravels some nasty secrets of corruption, blackmail and murder—and unwittingly sets himself up as the killer’s next target....
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Blackmail, Murder and Mayhem!
- De R. Pontiflet en 02-20-15
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Knockdown
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
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For a generous commission, ex-prizewinning jockey Jonah Dereham reluctantly agrees to bid on a young steeplechaser on behalf of a wealthy American woman. But his life is thrust into danger immediately following the auction, when he receives a blow to the head by two thugs demanding ownership of the horse.
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A Classic Dick Francis Story
- De Gregg MacDonald en 02-16-23
De: Dick Francis
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- Fenian
- 08-28-22
The Master Does It Again!
This is one of my favourite Dick Francis novels and I was so glad to see that it has now come to Audible since you can no longer listen to it on YouTube. Francis’s plots are twisty, his way of thinking leaves you feeling dazed, yet you know and can fully grasp every move the characters make and why they make them. The narrator is not the best at reading Francis’s books, but he certainly doesn’t disgrace himself.
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- Mike B.
- 08-08-24
DF is a genius!
Dick Francis tells a story like no other. I would recommend him to all. Fantastic!
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- DailyReader
- 06-25-23
Another Duck Francis Classic
A great story read by one of the top narrators - not to be missed. A classic modern English hero - intelligent, thoughtful, caring, tough, cultured but not snobbish who lives a “simple” life of high stakes racing only to be catapulted into the turmoil of a new life through the death of his brother. What a great ride for the reader/listener.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-29-23
Great Listen and well narrated!
Full of well organized drama and suspense. Overall great book if you’re wanting a balanced story filled with exciting details.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-30-22
Great story teller!
Simon Prebble is so good! Love the way he delivers the story. Dick Francis weaves a story that always makes you think that you’ll never find the solution but bit by bit, with well-placed dead-ends, the solution appears. Fun read!
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- T. McCloskey
- 12-22-23
classic Dick Francis
Jockey finds himself dealing with his dead brothers estate and all the complications of semi precious gems, horses, mistress and corruption.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-03-24
One of my favorite Dick Francis novels
I think this one is my new favorite. Great listen, didn't want the book to end! A must for any Dick Francis fan.
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- Pinxit
- 10-07-24
Fascinating and fast-paced!
I really enjoyed learning a little about the gem trade and also the whole feel of the business environment. A bit unusual for DF and truly interesting! The puzzle-master aspect was also intriguing. I disliked the constant pain and violent attacks repeatedly suffered by the hero who shook it off with ridiculously cool aplomb. Detracted from what was otherwise a really great story, IMHO
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- EJ
- 12-16-23
Classic Dick Francis
I love every book I read from Dick Francis. He has a way of drawing you into the story that not every author can do. I seldom can figure out who the bad guy is before he reveals the person.
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- Roger P
- 01-17-24
Good Story Bad Editing
The awful editing, telling the listener to turn the tape over at the end of the side and tape noise in the background.
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