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Oct 17, 2024 1:41 PM

Author:Dick Francis

Break In

Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time

'Suspense, intrigue, what more could you want? Dick Francis at his best' 5***** Reader Review

'A dazzlingly good read. Francis writes heroes who are truly heroic, and villains so truly villainous that each encounter with them raises your temperature' 5***** Reader Review

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Steeplechase jockey Kit Fielding has just ridden another winner for his patron - the Princess - when his distraught twin sister Holly comes to him with terrible news. A newspaper is printing stories which will put her husband, Bobby Allardeck, and his stables out of business.

Putting aside the age-old Fielding-Allardeck feud, Kit decides to try to find out who is behind these cruel stories. This, he quickly discovers, puts a lot of noses out of joint. Not one to be put off easily, he keeps digging, upsetting powerful and ruthless people who'll do anything to protect themselves.

But this is family and Kit will risk everything - including his neck - to find the truth . . .

Packed with intrigue and hair-raising suspense, Break In is just one of the many blockbuster thrillers from legendary crime writer Dick Francis.

Praise for Dick Francis:

'As a jockey, Dick Francis was unbeatable when he got into his stride. The same is true of his crime writing' Daily Mirror

'The narrative is brisk and gripping and the background researched with care . . . the entire story is a pleasure to relish' Scotsman

'Dick Francis's fiction has a secret ingredient - his inimitable knack of grabbing the reader's attention on page one and holding it tight until the very end' Sunday Telegraph

'A regular winner . . . as smooth, swift and lean as ever' Sunday Express

'The master of suspense and intrigue' Country Life

'Francis writing at his best' Evening Standard

'Still the master' Racing Post

Reviews

A regular winner . . . as smooth, swift and lean as ever

—— Sunday Express

As a jockey, Dick Francis was unbeatable when he got into his stride. The same is true of his crime writing

—— Daily Mirror

Dick Francis's fiction has a secret ingredient - his inimitable knack of grabbing the reader's attention on page one and holding it tight until the very end.

—— Sunday Telegraph

Francis at his authentic best

—— Financial Times

Tarantino meets Peter Mayle

—— Independent on Sunday

Cara Massimina was a triumph of the darkly-comic-thriller-and-something-more-besides genre. This is an even greater one

—— Daily Telegraph

It is Vargas's eerie, sensuous portrait of Paris, at once a place of romance and dread, which resonates most hauntingly in this novel

—— Dan Sheehan , The Irish Times

A flavoursome translation, it shows her [Vargas'] dark charm from the off

—— Boyd Tonkin , Independent on Sunday

Mark Haddon's portrayal of an emotionally dissociated mind is a superb achievement. He is a wise and bleakly funny writer with rare gifts of empathy

—— Ian McEwan

I have never read anything quite like Mark Haddon's funny and agonizingly honest book, or encountered a narrator more vivid and memorable. I advise you to buy two copies; you won't want to lend yours out

—— Arthur Golden, author of 'Memoirs of a Geisha'

Original, moving and entertaining for adults as well as for older children

—— Julia Donaldson , Daily Express

A deservedly acclaimed read.

—— Time Out London

It may be McHugh’s debut psychological crime novel, but in my book, The Weight of Blood, puts this talented writer up there with the best of them. Inspired by a true story that took place in the town in the Ozark Mountains where McHugh spent part of her childhood, this gripping thriller bravely confronts the scandalous treatment of young women in modern-day America… A compulsive debut filled with suspense, this book leaves me wanting more from McHugh

—— Peterborough Evening Telegraph

A chilling psychological thriller with two distinct strands... This is tense, atmospheric stuff well told, an impressive debut

—— Love Reading

One of my favourite reads of last year, this is a well-written cleverly plotted and chilling story

—— Daily Express

Compelling.

—— Sunday Telegraph

There is a fantastically handled creeping dread to the narrative flow… The ambiguity of Jake's story and her history are played with brilliantly throughout, making this an eerie, creepy kind of existential thriller.

—— Doug Johnstone , Big Issue

Tim Winton [is] a writer with whom the fearless Wyld deserves serious comparison.

—— Catherine Taylor , Sunday Telegraph

Completely and utterly monumental. Powerful and beautiful written... I was a fan of Evie Wyld beforehand and this is such a leap forwards. An important book.

—— Bidisha , Saturday Review, Radio 4

Thriller, beast-fable and fantasy, Evie Wyld’s second novel is a sparky, dark yarn set in a georgic world of sheep husbandry where things have gone spectacularly awry.

—— Stevie Davies , Independent

In a sense, this is a tale of possible love and redemption, at once energetic and dark. In another sense, it is a book about summary justice and suspicion, which we readers have been indulging in too… Clever and very unexpected indeed.

—— Kathleen Jamie , Guardian

A story that asks darkly whether we can rid ourselves of our past.

—— Julia Wigan , Country Life

Wyld has a skill for creating flawed characters you can’t help but root for.

—— Mariella Frostrup , Cosmopolitan

It is written with wit and affection.

—— Four Shires

This is a wonderfully atmospheric novel with a gripping narrative that keeps the reader on edge all the way through.

—— Good Book Guide

A dark, powerfully disturbing and beautifully observed story about a haunting, both physical and temporal.

—— William Boyd , New Statesman

Evie Wyld merges into her mysterious tale of a lonely shepherdess a savage Australian back-story that lends a haunting extra dimension to a novel of troubling beauty.

—— Boyd Tonkin , Independent

A page-turner.

—— Viv Groskop , Observer

All the Birds, Singing is a gracefully written, absorbing thriller from a new literary talent.

—— Stylist

A hair-pricking rural thriller that confirms the talents of a thrilling prose stylist.

—— Patricia Nicol , Metro

I’ve never taught a creative writing course, but if I did I’d certainly introduce my would-be students to Evie Wyld’s All the Birds, Singing... Written in the future tense, the book has an ending of extraordinary pathos and beauty.

—— Ciarán Collins , Sunday Business Post

This is a powerful, gritty, strong story of suffering and survival... It is quality stuff, stunning.

—— Bookseller

A wonderfully atmospheric novel with a gripping narrative.

—— Good Book Guide

Precise, intense, haunting and poetic… This is a subtle exploration of suffering and resilience and, for once, the hype matches the talent.

—— Lucy Atkins , Sunday Times

Broodingly lyrical… Spellbinding.

—— Megan O'Grady , Vogue US

Wyld uses language that is purely gorgeous, even – perhaps especially – when underscoring dread.

—— Barbara King , Washington Post

Impressive.

—— New York Times

A tough and tender take on suffering and redemption.

—— Psychologies

Suspenseful and melancholy… Masterful

—— New Yorker

A compelling, tense novel that lingers with the reader long after it has been finished

—— Eastern Daily Press

With beautiful writing, it is a compelling, rather dark story which makes you laugh and cry

—— Morag Watkins , Watford Observer

I am obsessed with it, and with what Wyld is going to do next

—— Lisa Coen , Irish Times
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