Finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel
It’s amazing what bodily injury can do for a man. A fall from a racehorse left brilliant jockey Sid Halley dangerously depressed, with a wrecked hand and the need for a new career. It was a bullet
wound that helped him find one.
Although he’d been with a detective agency since his racing accident, it isn’t until some two-bit hoodlum drills a slug into his side that he is sent out on a case of his own. That is where he
meets Zanna Martin, a woman who just might make life worth living again. But it is an even-money bet that he will be killed before she has the chance.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.”
—Chicago Tribune
“Nobody sets up a mystery better than Dick Francis.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“Few writers have maintained such a high standard of excellence for as long as Dick Francis.”
—San Diego Union-Tribune
“The master of crime fiction and equine thrills.”
—Newsday
Dick Francis, (1920–2010) a former champion steeplechase jockey, was the author of many bestselling mysteries set in the world of horse racing. The only three-time recipient of the
Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award for best novel, his awards include the Gold Dagger, the Cartier Diamond Dagger, the MWA’s Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement, an honorary Doctorate
of Humane Letters from Tufts University of Boston, and in 2000 he received a Commander of the British Empire (CBE).
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