Dead Heat
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.54 (674 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B001PIHUFO |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 537 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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After his retirement from the saddle in 1957, he published an autobiography, The Sport of Queens, before going on to write more than forty acclaimed books, including the New York Times bestsellers Even Money and Silks. A three-time Edgar Award winner, he also received the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association’s Cartier Diamond Dagger,
Death comes to the races in the brilliant new novel from the grand master of crime fiction, Dick Francis.
You can just eat this up! Love the authors view of the culinary arts and use of the expert Gordon Ramsey.. Familiar & New Dick Francis is winding down his career and, following in Clive Cussler's footsteps, handing the keyboard over to his son. Since, however, Francis' books are not all part of a series, it seems a bit like an unfair plug for an up and coming writer. For a longtime Francis fan, it was obvious the writing was different. Felix has a decent sense of humor, but his writing lacks some. Dick Francis Cooks Up Another Fine Mystery Miz Ellen Dead Heat is about Max Moreton, proprietor of a Newmarket restaurant and a rising regional chef - until a catered dinner poisons most of the guests and leaves Max retching in agony, wondering what has gone wrong.Several aspects mark this fine mystery as vintage Dick Francis: 1) the connection to British horse racing 2) since the hero is not a jockey, the occupation of the prot
While that meal goes off without a hitch, a terrorist's bomb decimates the crowd at the track. . The reputation of Max Moreton, a young wunderkind chef with a restaurant in Newmarket, England, suffers after guests at an affair he caters fall ill with food poisoning. This calamity nearly jeopardizes another job—feeding several dozen attendees at a major horse race. Crisp writing and well-paced action help offset the routine plotting. Despite the official theory that an unpopular Middle Eastern ruler at the event was responsible, the chef wonders whether the bombing is related to the earlier food poisoning and turns amateur sleuth. (Sept.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly MWA Grand Master Francis's first collaboration with his son Felix, a former physics teacher who researched many of his father's previous bestsellers, introduces an engaging hero, though longtime fans may find certain plot elements, lik