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Overall this is a highly engaging and enjoyable read, that features many a twist, It keeps you gripped and enthralled in suspense. While I felt that the story started slowly and presented a more introspective Sid than that of earlier stories, the pace did pick up and engaged me in Sid's adventures. I would have enjoyed this last of the Sid Halley series more if the actual crime involved hadn’t been so similar to that of the previous book—Refusal—which I had just barely finished. Spelling and vernacular are UK English, but shouldn't pose any problems in context for readers from North America. But when they start telling the jockey and trainers which horses to lay off in specific races, that is illegal.

With enough backstory to fill in the blanks and enough twists and turns to keep you saying "just one more chapter", I was in Sid Halley's world and enjoying every page. It was good to revisit Sid Halley again, and I enjoyed the story, and the good memories of many books over more than 25 years. The master of suspense and intrigue” (Country Life) is back with the next powerful installation in the Dick Francis series, featuring Sid Halley, perfect for fans of Harlan Coben and Michael Connelly.At that point - with no resolution of the situation between he and his wife - Sid sets off to investigate what appears to be corruption at the track that involves "dirty" agents, blackmail and race fixing. The first three were written by Dick Francis, but after a long life and very prolific writing career, he rode off into the sunset.

Nevertheless, I had to get closure about Sid and his daunting challenges, especially if and how he would hold up as his once fit and lithe jockey body ages, his precarious mental health teeters, and his personal relationships are threatened—all because of his propensity toward heavy risk-taking.It was completely unexpected, but equally confusing I felt like they used too much niche lingo that I struggled to get it grips with it. I’m afraid those old shoes were pretty hard to fill, thus my disappointment about the slightly rehashed crime that begs for Sid’s attention and makes him a target of those he tries to thwart. That propensity won him many horse races, but it also threw him off the track prematurely and permanently, something that he can’t quite accept. For over forty years, the London University grad helped father Dick Francis (31 Oct 1920 – 14 Feb 2010), ex-jockey known for horse-racing mysteries.

Watching the news the following day, he sees that Bremner’s horse barn has gone up in flames, and several horses have been killed, including, perhaps, Bremner.However, the very next morning, Gary's stable yard is torched, horses killed, and Gary has disappeared. I have to think that Francis does not know many women, or go to racing often, because almost every character is a man. Since my mother passed away over a year ago, I have been making my way through her book collection, finally. It is almost not worth it to continue reading him, but I read all of his father’s books and all of his, despite their flaws.



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