***Thrillers that race from the very first page*** 'Felix Francis'
novels gallop along splendidly' Jilly Cooper 'From winning post to
top of the bestseller lists' Sunday Times Harrison Foster is a
lawyer by training but works as a crisis manager for a London firm
that specializes in such matters. Summoned to Newmarket after a
fire in the Chadwick Stables slaughters six very valuable horses,
including the short-priced favourite for the Derby, Harry (as he is
known) finds there is far more to the 'simple' fire than initially
meets the eye. For a start, human remains are found amongst the
equestrian ones in the burnt-out shell. All the stable staff are
accounted for, so who is the mystery victim? Harry knows very
little about horses, indeed he positively dislikes them, but he is
thrust unwillingly into the world of Thoroughbred racing where the
standard of care of the equine stars is far higher than that of the
humans who attend to them. The Chadwick family are a dysfunctional
racing dynasty, with the emphasis being on the nasty. Resentment
between the generations is rife and sibling rivalry bubbles away
like volcanic magma beneath a thin crust of respectability. Harry
represents the Middle-Eastern owner of the Derby favourite and, as
he delves deeper into the unanswered questions surrounding the
horse's demise, he ignites a fuse that blows the volcano sky-high,
putting him in grave jeopardy. Can Harry solve the riddle before he
is overcome by the toxic emissions from the eruption and is bumped
off by the fallout? 'As usual with a Francis, once I opened the
book, I didn't want to put it down... Felix's resolution is darker
and more shocking than his father would ever have contemplated, but
reflects grittier times and changing tastes in fiction. Now, what
am I going to do for the next 12 months until the next one?'
Country Life 'The latest annual offered from Felix Francis shows he
has largely escaped from the shadow of his late father... He has
become his own man as a purveyor of murder mysteries' The Racing
Post Praise for Felix Francis's novels: 'The Francis flair is clear
for all to see' Daily Mail 'From winning post to top of the
bestseller list, time after time' Sunday Times 'The master of
suspense and intrigue' Country Life 'A tremendous read' Woman's Own
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Tue, 24 Sep 2019 | Review
by: Breakaway R.
New sleuthing thriller!
A crisis manager, Harry Foster, from a firm in London was called by the owner of a racing horse, Prince of Troy to go to Newmarket immediately. There was a fire in Oliver Chadwick stables killing seven good horses including the favourite for the Derby, Prince of Troy. Harry Foster dug deep to answer many irresponsible questions.
Harry found disturbing secrets about Oliver Chadwick’s weird family. His eldest son, Ryan, took over the stables from Oliver, but the father still lived there telling Ryan what to do. Oliver’s other son, Declan, left to start his own stable, training racehorses. Oliver had another son and a daughter with his previous wife, Yvonne. Tony still rode for Ryan, the trainer. Zoe was a disturbed junkie and constantly asked her family for money to feed her drug habit.
A body was found burnt among the carcasses in the stable and Harry assisted the police. Was it was an accident or murder? I was amazed how the dark side of the family was unveiled to find out what happened at the stable.
Columbpoirot
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