No Reserve
Dick Francis, Book 12
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Narrated by:
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Martin Jarvis
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By:
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Felix Francis
About this listen
Theo Jennings is a young auctioneer at the Thoroughbred sales ring in Newmarket. The October yearling sales are where the big money exchanges hands in frenzied auctions – millions of Guineas paid for horses that are as yet unnamed, untested and have never taken a step on the track. It's the greatest gamble in all of horseracing, and one that can end in ruin.
Theo has just made the biggest sale of his life when he overhears a secret conversation between the two bidders – can they really have colluded to fix the price of his big sale? When that same horse is found dead the next morning, he has no choice but to investigate, even against the wishes of his boss. But the more he uncovers, the less he can trust the people around him.
The higher the stakes, the greater the risk. And in the bloodstock game, the ultimate price can be murder...
©2023 Felix Francis (P)2024 Recorded BooksCritic reviews
'Another solid, fun novel in this franchise. Fans of horse racing, and good old-fashion thrillers, will enjoy this one.' (Red Carpet Crash)
'This is certainly a crime novel written in the tradition of Dick Francis.' (Deadly Pleasures)
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-10-24
Narrator too old to be playing 33
Enjoyed the story but found the narrator jarring. Ive just googled him and he’s 83 but the main character he is playing is 33 and you could tell by his voice that he was far too old to be playing that role!
The love story was also a bit ridiculous- to have gone on their first date to be buying a flat and talking about having children all within a fortnight is totally unbelievable. I also didn’t like the Soham murders being brought into it. I felt that the story would have worked perfectly well without that element.
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- Jerome
- 02-03-24
Another classic
Kept me on my toes whilst remaining so familiar and comfortable. The Francis mystery universe is yet again brought to life with excellent writing and narration.
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- Gary 🦅
- 06-12-24
Good old fashioned Francis
Probably the best book that Felix has written.
Set in the heart of the racing world with believable characters.
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- Chris
- 20-06-24
Excellent narration that fitted the story so well.
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story maintains Felix Francis' well crafted stories. A good story line with suspense and pace.
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if I have one ongoing gripe it is the inaccuracy of the the medical event in the stories. In this one we have Theo experiencing a "dislocated ankle", requiring reduction, only to be told that there is no ligamentous injury. Having personally reduced a few ankles myself this is not possible, and the cast does not come off the same night. Recovery is 3-6 months and patients can complain of symptoms for a year or more.
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- Robert C. Prior
- 12-03-24
Quite a technical book in places
A good story but I felt it was sometimes held back by lots of detailed explanations that while important rather stunted the flow of the fiction.
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- Mrs M Griffin
- 03-03-24
His best yet
Loved the characters… probably the best since the Sid Halley days. More please like this
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- Jane
- 21-04-24
Disappointed overall
I almost returned this book as Martin Jarvis was monotonous and didn’t engage me at all. I decided to persevere.
The story was decent enough but I found the whole intertwining of the Soham murders an unnecessary distraction.
The character of Janis was insipid and I found myself wishing she’d just disappear.
It would have been much better to remove the Janis subplot and spend more time on the real mystery.
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- Mr. K. Halpin
- 29-09-24
excellent narrator
I loved everything and I felt totally involved as though I was actually personally involved in the whole action.
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- Nicola
- 18-11-24
Disappointing
The characters are not very well drawn and the plot rather simple. A shame if this series becomes formulaic.
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- David
- 11-07-24
Absolute waffle
Hours of irrelevant and inaccurate facts, poorly narrated. I was always a fan of Dick Francis but Felix Francis books are not the same. This waa the worst of all his books. I have given up after 10 arduous chapters.
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