Under Orders by Dick Francis Paperback Book

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Author: Dick Francis

Narrator: Martin Jarvis

Format: Unabridged-CD, Paperback

Publisher: Penguin/Highbridge

Published: Oct 2006

Genre: Fiction - Thrillers

Retail Price: $34.95

Discs: 8

Synopsis

When three corpses turn up on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day, including a jockey who had earlier in the day won the Triumph Hurdle, ex-jockey-turned-sleuth Sid Halley investigates a possible link to Lord Enstone's mysterious losing streak, a probe that drags him ever deeper into the dark underside of the racing game. Simultaneous.

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Reviews

BookLender review by Lucy on 2007-12-22 19:07:05

AS USUAL DICK FRANCIS NEVER LETS HIS READERS DOWN. THE BOOK WAS GOOD FROM START TO FINISH.