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An edition of Under orders (2006)

Under orders

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When three corpses turn up on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day, including a jockey who had earlier in the day won the Triumph Hurdle, ex-jockey-turned-sleuth Sid Halley investigates a possible link to Lord Enstone's mysterious losing streak.

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
308

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Cover of: Under Orders
Under Orders
2008, Penguin Group UK
Electronic resource in English
Cover of: Under orders
Under orders
2006, G.P. Putnam's Sons, Putnam Adult
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Under orders
Under orders
2006, Michael Joseph, G. P. Putnam's Sons
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Published in

New York

Edition Notes

Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.914
Library of Congress
PR6056.R27 U53 2006, PR6056.R27U53 2006

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
308 p. ;
Number of pages
308

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24222717M
Internet Archive
underorders00fran
ISBN 10
0399154000
ISBN 13
9780399154003
LCCN
2006022976
OCLC/WorldCat
70335284

Work Description

'Sadly, death at the races is not uncommon. However, three in a single afternoon was sufficiently unusual to raise more than an eyebrow.'It's the third death on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day that really troubles super-sleuth Sid Halley. Former champion jockey Halley knows the perils of racing all too well – but in his day, jockeys didn't usually reach the finishing line with three .38 rounds in the chest. But this is precisely how he finds jockey Huw Walker – who, only a few hours earlier, had won the coveted Triumph Hurdle.Just moments before the gruesome discovery, Halley had been called upon by Lord Enstone to make discrete enquiries into why his horses appeared to be on a permanent losing streak. Are races being fixed? Are bookies taking a cut? And if so, are trainers and jockeys playing a dangerous game with stakes far higher than they realise?Halley's quest for answers draws him ever deeper into the darker side of the race game, in a life-or-death power play that will push him to his very limits – both professionally and personally.In his first new novel for six years, Dick Francis returns to prove once again that he is the Grand Master of thriller writing.

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