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Narrated by:
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Tony Britton
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By:
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Dick Francis
About this listen
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 £1.5 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
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- Stephen Bentley
- 27-11-22
Rip-roaring twaddle.
High-class rip-roaring twaddle. If you are expecting a cerebral thriller along the lines of Mr Le-Carre, abandon hope etc. A stonking good gallop through an enjoyably ludicrous plot, there is only one extended ho-hum bad sex moment, nearer blazing saddles in the county set, albeit nobody has troubles with baked beans, to be honest. Sit back, suspend your disbelief, and enjoy the ride.
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- Vince H.
- 02-08-22
Good story, well read.
Good story, brilliant reader unfortunately has poor sound quality in spots otherwise would be 5 stars.
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- Mrs Faith Banks
- 30-07-19
Great story, but old recording
A brilliant story, with good twists and turns. The recording however, was obviously an older recording and in places it gets a bit quiet, but the narrator is clear with a lovely reading voice, so you still get lost in the story regardless.
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- Jane M St Aubyn
- 29-06-17
Classic Dick Francis
As with all Dick Francis books the thriller rips along. Provides detailed information about parts of racing, and, this time, similarly detailed information about the gem industry ! The reader is excellent with male voices, a little odd when reading in the female voice. The whodunnit part of the tale is good and multi-faceted .....like the diamonds at the centre of the story.
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- Debs
- 26-09-23
Entertaining
Good read. good story. a little predictable but enjoyable . could have a bit more action.
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- Irene Ann Finn
- 16-11-16
Great read
A great read, pity the technical recording was sub standard, ŵith back ground noise and hissing throughout the total book. Hence I have to mark down the overall read.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-01-19
Fantastic
I loved this I have read it a couple of times but listening to it I found I got bit I missed. loved it !
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- kc
- 14-01-20
great story
i loved this story and it was very well narrated. Dick Francis at his best.
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- Grumpy pensioner 🤔
- 20-06-17
A real gem
From start to finish a top rated suspense thriller by a truly top author.Next please !
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- TL
- 03-04-22
Two clever and gripping storylines come together in a satisfying conclusion
Another thoroughly gripping story from this author!
The ever present plot from Dick Francis involving a jockey or a horse is of course in place and this time the other storyline is involving jewels, diamonds to be precise. I even understand the jewel business a little bit more after listening to this.
Only disappointment is the poor recording quality, but the story and Tony Britton’s gifted narration soon makes that inconsequential.
Time to download another book from this author Straight away - I cannot wait!
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