Odds Against
  • Published: 24 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9781405916905
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $29.99

Odds Against

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27 Jul 2000
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24 Sep 2014
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The classic mystery tale from legendary crime writer Dick Francis, in a stunning new paperback package.

Champion jockey Sid Halley retired from racing when his hand was smashed in a fall. Now he works as a private detective - which is proving to be no less dangerous to life and limb.

Recuperating from a bullet wound, Sid is asked by his father-in-law to look into some potentially shady activity involving Seabury racecourse and a ruthless property dealer.

But the closer Sid gets to those determined to get their hands on Seabury, the more he finds himself in harm's way. The odds are against him - but that's exactly when Sid is at his best ....
  • Published: 24 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9781405916905
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $29.99
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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 Odds Against

The narrative is brisk and gripping and the background researched with care . . . the entire story is a pleasure to relish

Scotsman

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

Francis writing at his best

Evening Standard