Dick Francis's bloodline / Felix Francis.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c012Description: 354 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780399160806Other title: BloodlineSubject(s): Sportscasters -- Fiction | Brothers and sisters -- Fiction | Women jockeys -- Crimes against -- Fiction | Horse racing -- England -- FictionGenre/Form: Mystery fiction. DDC classification: 823/.914 Summary: When race caller and television presenter Mark Shillingford calls a race in which his twin sister, Clare, an accomplished and successful jockey, comes in second when she could have won, he believes the worst: that she lost on purpose, and the race was fixed. That night, Mark confronts Clare with his suspicions, she storms off after an argument -- and it's the last time Mark sees her alive. Hours later, Clare jumps to her death from the balcony of a London hotel; or so it seems. Devastated and guilty over her death, Mark goes in search of answers. What had led Clare to take her own life? Or was it not suicide at all?.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult fiction | F FRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 20/05/2024 | 31111051705711 |
When race caller and television presenter Mark Shillingford calls a race in which his twin sister, Clare, an accomplished and successful jockey, comes in second when she could have won, he believes the worst: that she lost on purpose, and the race was fixed. That night, Mark confronts Clare with his suspicions, she storms off after an argument -- and it's the last time Mark sees her alive. Hours later, Clare jumps to her death from the balcony of a London hotel; or so it seems. Devastated and guilty over her death, Mark goes in search of answers. What had led Clare to take her own life? Or was it not suicide at all?.
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