Three countries, three crimes, lots of character development. Different horse adjacent subject for Dick but as always he pulled it off in style.
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Jonathan Trott reviewed The Danger by Francis, Dick.
Kidnapping is Andrew Douglas's business: they take them, he finds them. But it isn't so …
Change of pace
5 stars
Jonathan Trott finished reading The Danger by Francis, Dick.
The Danger by Francis, Dick.
Kidnapping is Andrew Douglas's business: they take them, he finds them. But it isn't so simple when Alessia Cenci, golden-girl …
Jonathan Trott started reading The Danger by Francis, Dick.
The Danger by Francis, Dick.
Kidnapping is Andrew Douglas's business: they take them, he finds them. But it isn't so simple when Alessia Cenci, golden-girl …
Slow bulld
5 stars
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.
Jonathan Trott finished reading Banker (The Dick Francis Library) by Dick Francis
Jonathan Trott started reading Banker (The Dick Francis Library) by Dick Francis
Jonathan Trott reviewed Twice shy by Francis, Dick.
Young physicist Jonathan Derry is given some musical tapes by a friend. But the tapes …
A different structure
5 stars
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.
Jonathan Trott finished reading Twice shy by Francis, Dick.
Twice shy by Francis, Dick.
Young physicist Jonathan Derry is given some musical tapes by a friend. But the tapes are really an elaborate computerized …
Jonathan Trott started reading Twice shy by Francis, Dick.
Twice shy by Francis, Dick.
Young physicist Jonathan Derry is given some musical tapes by a friend. But the tapes are really an elaborate computerized …
Jonathan Trott reviewed Reflex by Dick Francis
Longtime jockey Philip Nore suspects that a racetrack photographer's fatal accident was really murder--and unravels …
Full of puzzles
5 stars
Supremely twisty this one. Lots of interesting characters and a lovely ending.
Jonathan Trott finished reading Reflex by Dick Francis
Reflex by Dick Francis
Longtime jockey Philip Nore suspects that a racetrack photographer's fatal accident was really murder--and unravels some nasty secrets of corruption, …
Jonathan Trott started reading Reflex by Dick Francis
Reflex by Dick Francis
Longtime jockey Philip Nore suspects that a racetrack photographer's fatal accident was really murder--and unravels some nasty secrets of corruption, …
Jonathan Trott reviewed Whip hand by Dick Francis
Consummate Thriller
5 stars
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.
