✨ Featured Offer
Used, Very Good
$14.99
List Price: $22.85
🚚
See all 5 offers from $14.99 FREE standard delivery by: 28 Mar 2026
Overview
A classic mystery from Dick Francis, the champion of English storytellers. Life as a writer is colder, hungrier work than John Kendall had bargained for. Not even the survival guides he's written can help him. So when notorious racehorse trainer Tremayne Vickers approaches Kendall to write his biography, it's an offer the impoverished writer can't turn down. Moving into Vickers' country home, Kendall quickly becomes immersed in his host's lifestyle: riding racehorses, making friends, and getting to know the family. But then a local stable girl is found dead - and the party's over. A killer is lurking in the shadows. And Kendall's own survival tips are about to become more useful - and more deadly - than he could ever have imagined . . . Praise for Dick Francis: 'As a jockey, Dick Francis was unbeatable when he got into his stride. The same is true of his crime writing' Daily Mirror 'Dick Francis's fiction has a secret ingredient - his inimitable knack of grabbing the reader's attention on page one and holding it tight until the very end' Sunday Telegraph 'The narrative is brisk and gripping and the background researched with care . . . the entire story is a pleasure to relish' Scotsman 'Francis writing at his best' Evening Standard 'A regular winner . . . as smooth, swift and lean as ever' Sunday Express Dick Francis was one of the most successful post-war National Hunt jockeys. The winner of over 350 races, he was champion jockey in 1953/1954 and rode for HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, most famously on Devon Loch in the 1956 Grand National. On his retirement from the saddle, he published his autobiography, The Sport of Queens, before going on to write forty-three bestselling novels, a volume of short stories (Field of 13), and the biography of Lester Piggott. During his lifetime Dick Francis received many awards, amongst them the prestigious Crime Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to the genre, and three 'best novel' Edgar Allan Poe awards from The Mystery Writers of America. In 1996 he was named by them as Grand Master for a lifetime's achievement. In 1998 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 2000. Dick Francis died in February 2010, at the age of eighty-nine, but he remains one of the greatest thriller writers of all time.
| ISBN-13 | 9780718134471 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0718134478 |
| Weight | 1.14 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.38 x 0.98 x 9.57 In |
| List Price | $22.85 |
| Format | Hardcover |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 1 pages |
| Publisher | Michael Joseph |
| Published On | 1990-09-17 |
View All Offers
Sort by:
Price
Condition
Seller
Seller Comments
Price
✨ Used, Very Good
Seller details
Clausen Books, RMABA
Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Hardcover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Clean and tight with minimal wear; gently bumped corners 277p.
Free delivery by: 28 Mar 2026
Used, Very Good
Seller details
Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB
Frederick, MD, USA
Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also ...
Free delivery by: 28 Mar 2026
Used, Good
Seller details
Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB
Frederick, MD, USA
Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain m...
Free delivery by: 28 Mar 2026
Used, Very Good
Seller details
Half Price Books Inc
Dallas, TX, USA
Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and ...
Free delivery by: 28 Mar 2026
Used, Very Good
Seller details
Tommarand Books
Tucson, AZ, USA
[288]p. 1st ed., 1st printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by Francis on half-title page. In p...
Free delivery by: 28 Mar 2026