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Dead Heat Audio Book
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Dead Heat
Authors:
Dick Francis and Felix Francis
Reader: Martin Jarvis
Someone has it in for rising culinary star Max Moreton. Both his reputation and his customers suffer when food poisoning attacks nearly everyone at an affair he caters. When a bomb rips through his next event, he knows he must investigate.An entertaining mystery set against England's famed race, Two Thousand Guineas. "Jarvis perfectly depicts Max... [and his] flexibility is remarkable. He creates different voices and accents for supporting characters."—AudioFile
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Publish Date: 09/17/2007
ISBN: 9780143142799
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Synopsis:
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This clever new mystery from three-time Edgar winner Dick Francis is co-authored with his son Felix. While the tale is set at Francis's preferred locale--the racetrack--this time he steps behind the racing scene, and frames the story around Max Moreton, a young chef. The day before Moreton is to cater a luncheon at the track, he has a dinner party go terribly awry due to a strange bout of food poisoning. Then the luncheon itself is destroyed by a bomb attack. Moreton realizes that he is at the center of some truly sordid plans, and becomes determined to catch the perpetrator.
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Author Bio:
After serving six years in the Royal Air Force, including three years as a fighter pilot in World War II, Dick Francis followed in his father's footsteps to become a champion jockey, winning over 350 races. He won numerous awards and titles during his career, including Champion Jockey in 1953 and 1954. In the 1956 Grand National Steeplechase, Francis was only a few lengths from winning the race he had entered for the eighth time, but with no one in his path, his horse collapsed just before the finish line, prompting him to call the event "both the high point and low point of my career as a jockey." Soon afterwards he began working on his autobiography, "The Sport of Queens", published in 1957, the same year he retired from racing.
Francis had found a new calling, as a racing correspondant for the "London Sunday Express". He published his first novel, "Dead Cert", in 1962, and has continued writing mystery novels and short stories based in the world of horse racing. His protagonists, who range from local jockeys to international spies, often suffer brutal, torturous situations and must battle to free themselves and see justice served. He and his wife, Mary, have been married for more than 50 years.
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