Book description
Even Money is the gripping Dick Francis novel by Dick Francis
and Felix Francis.
Royal Ascot's first day, and bookmaker Ned Talbot watches helplessly
as a string of favourites come in. With the punters totting up their
winnings, he counts his losses. Then an old man steps forward with a
very different claim. The father Ned never knew - long ago believed
killed in a car crash - is standing before him.
Barely an hour later, Ned's newly-found father is dying in Ascot's
car park. Stabbed by an unknown assailant, he warns Ned 'be very
careful'. But of whom? Of what?
Ned races to discover the truth behind his father's disappearance
and sudden reappearance. It's not just money on the line now. It's lives.
From Felix Francis and Dick Francis, the bestselling co-authors of
Dead Heat comes Even Money, the latest Dick Francis
novel. Packed with all the hair-raising suspense and excitement
readers know and love from Dick Francis, Even Money is the most
thrilling yet.
Praise for the Dick Francis novels:
'The Francis flair is clear for all to see' Daily Mail
'Spare, efficient and unflashy . . . inexorably draws you in'
Daily Telegraph
'The master of suspense and intrigue' Country Life
'Still the master' Racing Post
Dick Francis was one of the most successful post-war National
Hunt jockeys. On his retirement from the saddle, he published his
autobiography, The Sport of Queens, before going on to write
forty-three bestselling novels, a volume of short stories and the
biography of Lester Piggott.
Dick Francis died in February, 2010, at the age of 89, but he
remains one of the greatest thriller writers of all time.
Felix Francis is the younger of Dick's two sons. Since 2006, Felix
has taken a more significant role in the writing, first with Dead
Heat and then increasingly with the bestsellers, Silks and
Even Money. Crossfire is the fourth novel of this
father-and-son collaboration.
Dick Francis has written forty-two 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 the greatest thriller writers in the world.
Felix Francis is the younger of Dick's two sons. Over the last forty
years Felix has assisted with the research of many of the Dick Francis
novels, not least Twice Shy, Shattered and Under
Orders. With the publication of Dead Heat, Felix took on a
more significant role in the writing, which has continued brilliantly
with the top ten bestseller Silks. Even Money is the
third novel of this father-and-son collaboration.
