Book description
Derek Franklin, injured steeplechase jockey, is at end of his career
when he is thrust into chaos following the accidental death of his
brother Greville who was an importer of semi-precious stones.
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.
