Syndicate
A Dick Francis Novel

Chester Newton has built his fortune organizing racehorse syndicates, where top horses are co-owned and managed by several parties. These joint enterprises are high risk and high reward. The stakes only get higher as the syndicates grow larger, and every race means the possibility of complete failur......more

I've long been a fan of the author and before that his late father, Dick Francis - and even after all those years, for whatever reason, I took a special shine to this book. I even stayed up late one night just because I was at the 90% mark on my e-reader and didn't want to wait till morning to finis......more

I'm such a Dick Francis/Felix Francis nerd that I was always going to be predisposed to enjoy this book but, regardless of this, this is a book that really delivers and is going to be a fabulous read for anyone who loves a racing-based thriller. Here is the story of Chester Newton, a racehorse syndic......more

A fun thriller in the classic Francis style… I’ve long liked Dick Francis’ books, which always had some sort of tie-in to horses and horse racing. And that made for good, usually somewhat thriller-ish, mysteries. But I liked his books even more for their amazingly detailed backgrounds in a variety of......more