For Kicks

by Dick Francis

Overview

Dick Francis takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing with this story of a reluctant detective and a scandal turned deadly.

Australian horse breeder Daniel Roke had resisted the exorbitant sum of money offered by a suave Englishman to investigate a scandal involving drugged racehorses.

But after another investigator dies mysteriously, Roke agrees to fill his shoes, and learns that men who would give drugs to horses are capable of doing much worse to human beings…

Praise for Dick Francis

‘Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop’ Chicago Tribune

‘[The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills’ Newsday

‘[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries’ Wall Street Journal

‘Francis is a genius’ Los Angeles Times

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781788634885
Publisher:	Canelo
Publication date:	11/04/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	296
Sales rank:	7,730
File size:	563 KB

About the Author

Dick Francis is widely acclaimed as one of the world's finest thriller writers. His awards include the Crime Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to the crime genre, and an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Tufts University of Boston. In 1996 Dick Francis was made a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master for a lifetime's achievement and in 2000 he received a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

Hometown:

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies

Date of Birth:

October 31, 1920

Date of Death:

February 14, 2010

Place of Birth:

Tenby, Pembrokeshire, southwest Wales

Place of Death:

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies

Education:

Dropped out of Maidenhead County School at age 15.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Few things are more convinving than Dick Francis at a full gallop." -Chicago Tribune

"Nobody sets up a mystery better than Dick Francis." -San Francisco Chronicle

"One of the most reliable mystery writers working today." -Detroit News and Free Press

Editorial Reviews

For more than 30 years, Dick Francis has been mystery's Gibraltar, a sturdy rock in stormy straits. Nobody executes the whodunit formula better.

Chicago Sun-Times

"Few things are more convinving than Dick Francis at a full gallop." -Chicago Tribune

"Nobody sets up a mystery better than Dick Francis." -San Francisco Chronicle

"One of the most reliable mystery writers working today." -Detroit News and Free Press

From the Publisher