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When globe-hopping British First Secretary Peter Darwin returns to his childhood home for a visit, he is sorry. Waiting for him were long-hidden memories, a string of racehorse deaths and homicide. As Darwin begins to realize that the key to all of it involves his own past, he wishes he'd never come back, because he just might never leave again—alive....
"One of Francis' most winning novels."
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Lurking in the dark corners of J. P. Beaumont's bizarre case was not just a demented mind obsessed with murder, but secrets so deadly that even a street-tough cop could die guessing.
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Until proven guilty
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Left for Dead
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A violent rapist is attacking women, leaving them for dead on south London streets. When young policewoman Maeve Kerrigan responds to a domestic disturbance, she's horrified to stumble across the latest victim. But as a new recruit - and a female to boot - she'll have to face down not only her own nerves but rampant sexism from her colleagues if she wants to be taken seriously enough to even assist on the case.
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Waste of time & $
- By Mary Ann on 12-11-16
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I Predict a Riot
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Walter has a rubbish job, so has Margaret. But when they meet through a dating agency, neither is who they seem. Margaret's married for a start, and Walter's encounter with her husband, Billy, leaves him black and blue. Billy's a dodgy accountant for politician and racketeer Pink Harrison, who is about to come unstuck.
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PICK ME PLEASE PICK ME WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF FUN
- By Louise on 10-19-08
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Ordinary Thunderstorms
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One May evening in London, Adam Kindred, a young climatologist in town for a job interview, is feeling good about the future as he sits down for a meal at a little Italian bistro. He strikes up a conversation with a solitary diner at the next table, who leaves soon afterward. With horrifying speed, this chance encounter leads to a series of malign accidents, through which Adam loses everything—home, family, friends, job, reputation, passport, credit cards, cell phone—never to get them back.
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Amazing Story Teller
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The Best Man to Die
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Who could have suspected that the exciting stag party for the groom would be the prelude to the murder of his close friend Charlie Hatton? And Charlie's death was only the first in a string of puzzling murders involving small-time gangsters, cheating husbands, and loose women. Now Chief Inspector Wexford and his assistant join forces with the groom to track down a killer....
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Classic who-dunnit
- By Kathi on 02-24-13
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Rat Race
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Vintage Francis
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Odds Against
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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.
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Fabulous!
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Featuring the gripping plot, dramatic settings and believable characters that listeners have come to expect from Dick Francis, To the Hilt displays the master at the top of his form.
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Relaxed Entertainment
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One of the Best Audio Books Ever!
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Blackmail, Murder and Mayhem!
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The last place veteran horseman Randall Drew wanted to go was Moscow. But when his royal highness the prince asks a favor, one doesn’t refuse. The Royal Family is worried about the prince’s brother in law, who aims to make the Olympics. Unfortunately a jealous Russian rider has sworn to kill him if he sets one hoof in Moscow. So Randall leaves his thoroughbred horses and loving girlfriend to investigate. But what he finds is more than jealousy. It’s a terrifying track of sabotage and murder. And now that he knows, the killer is after him.
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Russian intrigue and terrorism!
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Wine merchant Tony Beach has expertly catered his latest society soiree, but the fun’s over when a team of hit men crash the party…literally. The event leaves Tony with a bitter aftertaste of suspicion—and sets off a mystery that’s an intoxicating blend of deception, intrigue, and murder.
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- Sam
- 09-10-23
Audio issues
Classic Dick Francis, keeps you guessing to the end. Audio quality was not great though.
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- Linda
- 07-21-23
Sound quality must have been fixed
Love Dick Francis and most of Felix Francis. I thought sound quality just fine. So glad I ignored reviews to the contrary. It was amazing to listen to DF book I hadn’t heard before. Good reader, good story!
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- Anonymous User
- 10-02-23
Terrible audio, great story
Narrator was evidently at a zoo, a busy airport, a garden full of birds…all those background sounds were present in all the audio. Good narration and fabulous story, surprising that Audio books would allow the poor quality.
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- Kate Rueter
- 05-10-24
Great Plot
I really enjoyed the plot and the twists and turns. Nice read(listen), as usual, with a Dick Francis novel.
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- Glenn
- 02-09-23
Great story…not so great audio quality!
The story was great, and so was the narration. But the recording sounded like it was coming off a tape recorder 40 years ago! I’d still listen to it again, but was surprised at the poor sound quality.
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- Mary A.
- 10-01-23
Veterinarians, horses mysteriously dying!
A new avenue for Dick Francis…the main character is a man from the Foreign Office who helps a couple who were mugged. This takes them to England and meeting the vets. A mystery from the past gets inexplicably intertwined with the mystery in the present—the inexplicable dying of horses at the vets hospital.
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- Carolyn L. Abramofsky
- 04-29-24
I thought the story interesting and well done
Love Tony Britton’s voice and characterization. I like that I always learn about horse racing and the different facets of it.
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- A User
- 06-28-24
Another Winner from Dick Francis
Story great as usual. Characters the best. Not the best technical aspect reflect to sound quality but even that could not detract from the excellent narrator.
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- Jeanette
- 11-07-22
Like the story, but sound was weird
The recording sounded like it was phoned in on many different phones with terrible connections. At one point, it sounded like the narrator was recording in an office with others talking in the background. Not sure if my download was just bad or what. It wasn’t so awful that I couldn’t listen, but very distracting.
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- Consuelo B. Graham
- 12-09-22
Comeback Review
Dick Francis’s story is brought to LIFE by Tony Britton. The number of characters and their participation in the threads of the novel are so intricately woven into a great tale! But wait for the twist! Thank you to audible for making this book available!
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