Product Description
Odds Against: Champion jockey Sid Halley had to give up racing when his hand was smashed. But life as a private eye could be even worse. Especially when a ruthless property dealer has plans for Seabury racetrack. Plans that have nothing to do with racing and everything to do with conspiracy and violence Whip Hand: Sid Halley is on the trail of thugs who crush losers. Theres a syndicate of owners with a sideline in violent kidnapping. And Trevor Deansgate, a bookmaker whose hatred of favourites goes one deathly step too far. Halley had better return to winning ways. Because to lose is to dieCome to Grief: Sid has uncovered an obnoxious crime committed by a friend. On the morning set for the opening of the friends trial, at which Sid is due to be called as a witness, other peoples miseries explode and send him spinning into days of hard rational detection and heart-searching torment
About the Author
One of the world's finest thriller writers, Dick Francis has written 41 international bestsellers. His awards include the Crime Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger and an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Tufts University, Boston. He is a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master and recipient of a CBE.
