Crisis : a Dick Francis novel / Felix Francis.
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TextSeries: Francis, Felix. Dick Francis novel ; 8.A Dick Francis novel ; Book 8.Publisher: London : Simon & Schuster, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 416 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781471173110 (hardback); 9781471173127 (paperback)Subject(s): Detective and mystery stories | Suspense fiction | Legal stories | Detective and mystery stories | Horse racing | Legal stories | Murder -- Investigation | Race horses | Suspense fiction | Lawyers -- Fiction | Race horses -- Fiction | Horse racing -- Fiction | Murder -- Investigation -- FictionGenre/Form: Legal fiction. | Thrillers (Fiction). | Thriller fiction. | Mystery fiction. | Legal fiction (Literature). | Thrillers (Fiction) | Detective and mystery fiction | Detective and mystery fiction. | Fiction. | Thrillers (Fiction). | Thrillers (Fiction). | Detective and mystery fiction. DDC classification: 823.92 Summary: Harrison (Harry) Foster is a lawyer by training but works as a crisis manager. Summoned to Newmarket after a fire in the Chadwick Stables slaughters six very valuable horses, finds there is far more to the 'simple' fire than initially meets the eye. For a start, human remains are found amongst the equestrian ones in the burnt-out shell. All the stable staff are accounted for, so who is the mystery victim? The Chadwick family are a dysfunctional racing dynasty, with the emphasis being on the nasty. Resentment between the generations is rife and sibling rivalry bubbles away like volcanic magma beneath a thin crust of respectability. Harry represents the Middle-Eastern owner of the Derby favourite and, as he delves deeper into the unanswered questions surrounding the horse's demise, he ignites a fuse that blows the volcano sky-high, putting him in grave jeopardy.
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Also published: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2018]
Harrison (Harry) Foster is a lawyer by training but works as a crisis manager. Summoned to Newmarket after a fire in the Chadwick Stables slaughters six very valuable horses, finds there is far more to the 'simple' fire than initially meets the eye. For a start, human remains are found amongst the equestrian ones in the burnt-out shell. All the stable staff are accounted for, so who is the mystery victim? The Chadwick family are a dysfunctional racing dynasty, with the emphasis being on the nasty. Resentment between the generations is rife and sibling rivalry bubbles away like volcanic magma beneath a thin crust of respectability. Harry represents the Middle-Eastern owner of the Derby favourite and, as he delves deeper into the unanswered questions surrounding the horse's demise, he ignites a fuse that blows the volcano sky-high, putting him in grave jeopardy.
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