Book description
Matt Shore, flying for a small air-taxi firm, takes five passengers on
a routine flight to the races and back. On their return journey, in the
summer sky, lies death - a fate only avoided by instinct and Matt's
sharp reactions. But which of the passengers is the target? In his
efforts to unravel the mystery, Matt finds himself being sucked into a
terrifying fight for survival.
Dick Francis has written thirty-nine novels, a volume of short
stories (Field of 13), his autobiography (The Sport of
Queens) and the biography of Lester Piggott. He is rightly
acclaimed as one of greatest thriller writers in the world.
He has received many awards, amongst them the prestigious Crime
Writers Association s Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding
contribution to the genre, and the Mystery Writers of America have
given him three Edgar Allan Poe awards for the best novel of the year,
and in 1996 mad him a Grand Master for a lifetime s achievement. He
was awarded the CBE in the Queen s Birthday Honours List in 2000.
Dick Francis divides his time between England and an island in the Caribbean.
