Under Orders (Dick Francis Novel)

by Dick Francis (Author)

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  Paperback
  2007

  $13.47

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  Paperback
  2006

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  It's the third death at Cheltenham Gold cup day that troubles Sid Halley most... A one-time champion himself, he's weIt's the third death at Cheltenham Gold cup day that troubles Sid Halley most... A one-time champion himself, he's well aware of the perils of racing - but in his day, three bullets to the chest wasn't one of them. So when friend and jockey Huw Walker is murdered after winning the Triumph Hurdle, Halley is thrown into an investigation which delves into the darker side of hunt-racing. Are races being fixed, are bookies taking a cut, are the trainers and jockeys playing a dangerous game? Halley, jockey turned sleuth, once again finds him self in the middle of a life-or-death powerplay, in which his own priorities are tested to their limits...

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  Hardcover
  2006

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  'Sadly, death at the races is not uncommon. However, three in a single afternoon was sufficiently unusual to raise more than an eyebrow.' It's the third death on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day that really troubles super-sleuth Sid Halley. Former champion jockey Halley knows the perils of racing all too well - but in his day, jockeys didn't usually reach the finishing line with three .38 rounds in the chest. But this is precisely how he finds jockey Huw Walker - who, only a few hours earlier, had won the coveted Triumph Hurdle. Just moments before the gruesome discovery, Halley had been called upon by Lord Enstone to make discrete enquiries into why his horses appeared to be on a permanent losing streak. Are races being fixed? Are bookies taking a cut? And if so, are trainers and jockeys playing a dangerous game with stakes far higher than they realise? Halley's quest for answers draws him ever deeper into the darker side of the race game, in a life-or-death power play that will push him to his very limits - both professionally and personally. In his first new novel for six years, Dick Francis returns to prove once again that he is the Grand Master of thriller writing.