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  • Published: 24 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9781405916868
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $29.99

Comeback




The classic mystery tale from legendary crime writer Dick Francis, in a stunning new paperback package.

Diplomat Peter Darwin is returning to his childhood home: Gloucestershire. But instead of a pleasant trip down memory lane, Peter finds himself coming to the aid of a veterinary surgeon whose operating theatre is rapidly turning into an abattoir.

A string of valuable race horses have suffered unexplained deaths and the police are baffled. When Darwin looks into the mystery he finds that his connections - and his memories - help him uncover criminal activities that stretch back all the way to his childhood.

But the more Darwin uncovers, the closer he gets to a killer who just can't stop.

  • Published: 24 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9781405916868
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $29.99

About the author

Dick Francis

Dick Francis has written forty-one novels, a volume of short stories (Field of 13), his autobiography (The Sport of Queens) and the biography of Lester Piggott. He is justly acclaimed as one of the greatest thriller writers in the world.

He has received many awards, amongst them the prestigious Crime Writers Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to the genre, and the Mystery Writers of America have given him three Edgar Allen Poe awards for the best novel of the year, and in 1996 made him a Grand Master for a lifetime's achievement. He was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2000.

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Praise for Comeback

As a jockey, Dick Francis was unbeatable when he got into his stride. The same is true of his crime writing

Daily Mirror

Dick Francis's fiction has a secret ingredient - his inimitable knack of grabbing the reader's attention on page one and holding it tight until the very end

Sunday Telegraph