Derek Franklin is an injured jockey. The last fence at Cheltenham has left him on crutches. But his brother's death means even bigger trouble. He inherits a jewellery business, a mistress - and some very shadowy business associates. Franklin likes to play things straight. But with GBP1.5 million in diamonds gone missing, he finds honesty can be a deadly virtue. His only hope of survival is to identify his brother's mysterious enemies ...Money hungry men who scorn the good and despise the straight ...

General Information

ISBN : 9780330314428
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Imprint : Pan Books
Weight (g) : 0.218
Publication date : 30 November 1990
Produced in : United Kingdom
Availability date : 01 August 2011
Product Type : books

Other Specifications

Author : Dick Francis
Bind : Paperback
Edition : New edition
Dewey classification : 823.914
Pages : 432

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Reviews

'For sheer style and pace Francis has few equals' - Sunday Express

Author description

Dick Francis wrote more than forty international bestsellers and was widely acclaimed as one of the world's finest thriller writers. His awards included the Crime Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to the 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 was awarded the CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. Sadly he died in 2010.