قمار دیک فرانسیس (رمان دیک فرانسیس)

One of the youngest winners of the Grand National, Nick Foxy Foxton suffered a near-fatal injury that cut short his career. Years later, hes out for a day at the Grand National races when his colleague, Herb Kovack, is shot at point-blank range right in front of him. Like the police, Nick is baffled: Why would anyone kill such an apparently gentle soul? Then Nick finds a threatening note in the dead mans coat, and he begins to doubt how well he really knew his friend. And on discovering that Herb named him beneficiary in his will, Nick wonders why hes been entrusted with the legacy. Is this a generous gift from a friend, or is it, in fact, a poisoned chalice? Review [Felix Francis] has one priceless advantage. He couldnt have had a better teacher. The Washington Times A suspenseful read. Francis aficionados will hope that Felix chooses to carry on the family tradition on his own. Publishers Weekly on Crossfire About the Author Felix Francis is the younger of Dick Franciss two sons. Over the last forty years Felix assisted with the research of many of the Dick Francis novels, not least Twice Shy , Shattered , and Under Orders . Since 2006, Felix has taken a more significant role in the writing, first with Dead Heat and then increasingly with the bestsellers Silks , Even Money , and Crossfire , all father-son collaborations. He lives in England. Felix Francis continues his father's New York Times - bestselling legacy with another edge-of-your-seat read that's classic Francis. Nicholas "Foxy" Foxton, a former jockey who suffered a career- ending injury, is out for a day at the Grand National races when his friend and coworker Herb Kovak is murdered, execution style, right in front of him-and 60,000 other potential witnesses. Foxton and Kovak were both independent financial advisers at Lyall & Black, a firm specializing in extreme-risk investments. As he struggles to come to terms with Kovak's seemingly inexplicable death, Foxton begins to question everything, from how well he knew his friend to how much he understands about his employer. Was Kovak's murder a case of mistaken identity...or something more sinister? As one of the youngest-ever winners of the Grand National, Nick "Foxy" Foxton was enjoying his career as a world-class jockey. It was on perfect track-until a near-fatal accident cut his dream brutally sort. When he returns to Aintree as a spectator years later, nothing can prepare him for what unfolds.--From book jacket