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Rat Race Kindle Edition

by Dick Francis (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 2,983 ratings
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In this “impossible to stop reading” suspense thriller from a New York Times bestseller, a bomb scare lands a pilot in midst of a horse racing crime(The Telegraph).
 
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
 
Hired to fly four racing buffs to the track, pilot Matt Shore expects it will be the kind of job he likes: quick and easy. That is until he’s forced to make an emergency landing just minutes before the plane explodes.

Luckily nobody is hurt, but it isn’t long before Matt realizes that he’s caught up in a rat race among violent criminals, who are dead set on putting anyone who stands in their way on the wrong side of the odds.

“Dick Francis is a wonder.” —The Plain Dealer

“An imaginative craftsman of high order.” —The Sunday Times

“Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.” —Chicago Tribune

“Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.” —Boston Herald

“[The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills.” —Newsday

“[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.” —The Wall Street Journal

“Francis is a genius.” —Los Angeles Times

“A rare and magical talent . . . who never writes the same story twice.” —The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Matt Shore was an experienced pilot. He’d done it all. From big jets to flying in supplies to war zones. So when he gets a job ferrying high class punters around England’s race courses he might be forgiven for expecting the quiet life. But then his plane explodes in a massive fireball. He could have been in it. Some quiet life.

Instead he’s landed in the middle of a nightmare world where there is big money at stake. Very big money.

From then on he finds himself hurtling down a tortuous trail where people are not all they appear, and all around him is sudden bloody death...

‘Impossible to stop reading’ Daily Telegraph

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About the Author

Dick Francis was one of the most successful post-war National Hunt jockeys. The winner of over 350 races, he was champion jockey in 1953/1954 and rode for HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, most famously on Devon Loch in the 1956 Grand National. 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 (Field of 13), and the biography of Lester Piggott. During his lifetime Dick Francis received many awards, amongst them the prestigious Crime Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to the genre, and three 'best novel' Edgar Allan Poe awards from The Mystery Writers of America. In 1996 he was named by them as Grand Master for a lifetime's achievement. In 1998 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 2000. Dick Francis died in February 2010, at the age of eighty-nine, but he remains one of the greatest thriller writers of all time. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BLGCV91K
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Canelo USA (May 2, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 2, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1201 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 292 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 2,983 ratings

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Dick Francis was the author of more than forty acclaimed books. Among his numerous awards were three Edgar Awards, the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger, and the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award. He died in February 2010.

Felix Francis has assisted with the research of many of the Dick Francis novels and is the coauthor of Dead Heat, Silks, and Even Money. He lives in England.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Damn excellent read
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2023
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Captivating and enthralling excellent mystery. The hero is enticing to follow and unravels a challenging mystery. A fast paced drivevtona very satisfying conclusion.
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Loves Fiction
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read!
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2023
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A Dick Francis classic! Intrigue, mystery, action with a classic hero. What a great read, I couldn’t put it down.
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Ginny's Fire HD13th. 7.27.19
4.0 out of 5 stars Love the blend of facts about flying and riding 4 star. ****
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2023
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Really enjoy Francis' prescriptions and observations about people, their emotions and actions. His endings can seem blunt but he leaves readers the opportunity to determine their own closing events.let's
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Mary Alice Frazier
5.0 out of 5 stars Rat Race with real rats
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2023
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Fast paced, informative, good read. Not like his other books that centered around the racing world and its plots, this book centered on the supporting businesses that keep racing on track. Gave it 5 stars due to the involvement of needed support to make racing possible.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Francisfan
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2023
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Great read from start to end. Realistic heroine, realistic characters. Surprised, surprised by the ending. Can't wait to start my next Francis novel.
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D. Cost
5.0 out of 5 stars Dick Francis always a good read.
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2023
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Loved this book. Keeps the action flowing and has a good subplot. Hard to put down. I got sucked in.
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Joann Kay
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2023
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I really loved the characters in this Dick Francis novel. The mystery and the ending was great. It started off a bit slow and I didn't like all the technical details about flying.
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Robert E. Griffin
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Dick Francis
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2023
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A different kind of Francis tale. More about airplanes than horses but vvery compelling. It is a hard book to put down.
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Brenda Rau
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Reviewed in Canada on July 29, 2023
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Haven't read a Dick Francis book in a long time. Forgot how exciting his stories were. Makes me want to read more.
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Cooleybabe
5.0 out of 5 stars Great story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 28, 2023
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Great story
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Spina
5.0 out of 5 stars great reading
Reviewed in Germany on September 9, 2020
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suspenseful, intelligent protagonist, intelligent plot.

that's all I want to say really, but there are still words required.. so one more..
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Ed Baines
5.0 out of 5 stars Never disappoints
Reviewed in Spain on April 2, 2016
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Another quietly triumphant mystery from Dick Francis. He and his son Felix never disappoint. Over the years I have learnt a lot about horse racing - and things nefarious.
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Dorfee
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it
Reviewed in Canada on July 12, 2023
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Haven't read one of his books for some time and enjoyed it like an old friend.
Thank you so much.
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