Voracious reader of all genres of fiction, leaning towards sci-fi, crime, mystery, thriller, and comedy.
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A smash hit novel now in tradefrom a rare and magical talent who never writes …
Different type of book from Dick. Kept me guessing until near the end and the finish was bittersweet.
Freddie's life and his business of transporting racehorses to the course are in danger when …
Lots of threads all weaved together into a climax in the last couple of pages.
New York Times bestselling Grand Master of Crime FictionForeign Office diplomat Peter Darwin uncovers a …
Kept me guessing until the final reveal, guess my memory from 20 odd years ago wasn't as good as some of his other books. Marvellous twisty plot bridging generations all in the same village. Good characters as per usual. Just a lovely book all round.
Hot on the heels of his runaway bestseller Straight, Dick Francis once again breaks away …
The world building, character building, and tapestry surrounding the twisty plot makes this a fantastic read.
Steeplechase jockey Derek Franklin has had more broken bones than he cares to count, but …
Superbly constructed tale, twisting one way, then the other. Measured reveal of plot points and the mystery not finally solved until the last page.
Tor Kelsey, an undercover agent for the Jockey Club's security service is involved in the …
A bit of minority report, some Hercule Poirot, some Hamlet, and all the excellent characters and storytelling you come to expect from Dick.
With his five ex-wives and the nine children between them, it's no great surprise that …
Almost like a locked room mystery combined with a Agatha Christie style mystery and reveal. Would have worked better if I didn't remember the villain from when I last read this book around 30 years ago :P
When Kit Fielding, champion steeplechase jockey, finds out that his chief patron, Princess Casilia, is …
Tovely tale with further character expansion and world building. Good twist at the end and a gripping finish.
Kit Fielding, proud heir to tradition and sporting hero to legions of fans, is drawn …
Great characters well fleshed out in this one. The plot was nice and twisty with a good wrapping up of everything nicely in the end.
Good character development, nice world building, and a great twisty plot.
Kidnapping is Andrew Douglas's business: they take them, he finds them. But it isn't so …
Three countries, three crimes, lots of character development. Different horse adjacent subject for Dick but as always he pulled it off in style.
This book spends more than half its length building a surprisingly large world full of well fleshed out characters. Once the mystery is revealed it pulls no punches and has some good twists and turns including a sharp one right at the end.
Young physicist Jonathan Derry is given some musical tapes by a friend. But the tapes …
Dick has managed to craft two stories over two different time lines that are intertwined in multiple ways. The stories are distinctive and connected at the same time, quite a neat trick. A pity the computer stuff didn't age well, Dick was not very good at predicting how personal computers would go over an 18 year period - but then again not many were able to do that.
Longtime jockey Philip Nore suspects that a racetrack photographer's fatal accident was really murder--and unravels …
Supremely twisty this one. Lots of interesting characters and a lovely ending.
Sid is such a great character and Dick really puts him through the wringer in this one. Lots of threads and twists and turns as usual.