Flying Finish, Dick Francis
Flying Finish, Dick Francis
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Flying Finish

Author: Dick Francis

Narrator: Simon Prebble

Unabridged: 8 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/19/2022


Synopsis

In this tale of murder, smuggling and mystery, bestselling author Dick Francis illustrates how he has attracted fans worldwide with his equestrian mysteries.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. In this story, set against the backdrop of 1960s Cold War Europe, Grey must rely on reserves of intelligence and courage he didn’t know he had to foil a plot of international intrigue.

Today, bestselling author Dick Francis is known for his brilliant mystery thrillers featuring clean-cut men of character and scruples. They stand alone in the world of mystery heroes.

About Dick Francis

Dick Francis is the author of many bestselling mysteries, most recently Shattered. A three-time Edgar Award winner, the Mystery Writers of America named him Grand Master in 1996. He lives in the Caribbean.


Reviews

Goodreads review by James

In this Dick Francis novel the protagonist is an amateur jockey. However, unlike most of Francis's novels, our hero spends very little time on horseback, and racing constitutes a very minor part of the story. Henry Grey is heir to a British title but would prefer not to be. The last child and the on......more

Goodreads review by Lauren

3.5 stars. I'm still calibrating my Francis reviews. Henry Grey is an earl's son, but in the sixties, all that means is that he has a manor home that's falling apart, a lot of assumption that he's stuck-up and useless, and a few good connections. At the start of the novel, Henry decides to start tryi......more

Part of the British nobility, Henry Grey is the family's hope for continuity. But Henry doesn't want to be the next lord. He'd rather ride in a steeplechase, or fly airplanes, or have an ordinary job. He doesn't want to get by on his title. That's the first tension in this book. The second is the thr......more