Flying Finish

Name: Flying Finish - Penguin Random House South Africa
SKU: 9781405916684
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Dick Francis

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Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time

'Compelling, exciting, fast paced . . . A timeless story' 5***** Reader Review
'Action packed racing thriller from start to finish' 5***** Reader Review
'Sit back and enjoy the ride' 5***** Reader Review
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When amateur jockey Lord Henry Grey decides on a whim to join the bloodstock market, transporting racehorses around the world, he's sure he's hit the good life.

That is, until a horse unexpectedly dies in transit and a colleague vanishes.

And when Grey discovers that both his predecessors also went missing in curious circumstances, he begins to doubt the wisdom of his career change.

Now he must...

About the Author

Dick Francis

Dick Francis was born in South Wales in 1920. He was a young rider of distinction winning awards and trophies at horse shows throughout the United Kingdom. At the outbreak of World War II he joined the Royal Air Force as a pilot, flying fighter and bomber aircraft including the Spitfire and Lancaster. He became one of the most successful postwar steeplechase jockeys, winning more than 350 races and riding for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. After his retirement from the saddle in 1957, he published an autobiography, The Sport of Queens, before going on to write more than forty acclaimed books. A three-time Edgar Award winner, he also received the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association’s Cartier Diamond Dagger, was named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, and was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2000. He died in February 2010, at age eighty-nine, and remains among the greatest thriller writers of all time.