Author:Dick Francis
Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time
'A classic. If you like a rattling good yarn, then Dick Francis is your man!' 5***** Reader Review
'Brilliant, the pace keeps on racing through the whole book' 5***** Reader Review
'Gallops along and keeps you enthralled throughout. Riveting' 5***** Reader Review
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'Admiral met the fence perfectly. He rose to it as if flight were not only for birds. And he fell . . .'
Alan York's friend, jockey Bill Davidson, was killed in Admiral's fall. After the race, York visits the fence and discovers a coil of wire lying beside the fence post and signs of where the wire had been attached.
The fall was no accident - but murder. Unable to convince the police of this, York is forced to turn amateur sleuth and is soon on the trail of a ruthless gang of race-fixers operating out of Brighton.
Now Alan's caught in a new race: find the gang's leaders before the gang catches up with him . . .
Packed with intrigue and hair-raising suspense, Dead Cert 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
'Frederick Forsyth not only captures the spirit and style of Gaston Leroux's original novel, but also the romance and thrills that make the Phantom such an alluring character'
—— Andrew Lloyd-Webber'A gripping, one-sitting read that reveals Forsyth in a surprising and beguiling new light'
—— Sunday TelegraphGenre-defying . . . a novel in which something is always lurking just out of sight . . . at once a genuinely scary chiller, a satire on the business of criticism and a meditation on the way we read.
—— ObserverThis demonically brilliant book is impossible to ignore, put down or persuasively conclude reading. In fact, when you purchase your copy you may reach a certain page and find me there, reduced in size like Vincent Price in The Fly, still trapped in the web of its malicious, beautiful pages.
—— Jonathan LethemSuperbly inventive . . . a rare debut: genuinely exciting.
—— GuardianThere is a core of dark power in House of Leaves and a sense of return to the great dark matter of American literature: the haunted houses of Hawthorne, Poe and Lovecraft . . . one of the few fictions genuinely to approach the nightmarish.
—— IndependentRemarkable . . . genuinely clever and learned, often funny, brilliantly constructed and surprisingly touching . . . a debut of scintillating intelligence and scope.
—— Mail on Sunday
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