Download Silks, by Dick Francis, Felix Francis
Why should be book Silks, By Dick Francis, Felix Francis Publication is one of the very easy sources to look for. By getting the writer as well as style to obtain, you can find many titles that available their information to get. As this Silks, By Dick Francis, Felix Francis, the inspiring publication Silks, By Dick Francis, Felix Francis will offer you just what you have to cover the job deadline. As well as why should remain in this site? We will certainly ask first, have you more times to go with going shopping guides and also look for the referred publication Silks, By Dick Francis, Felix Francis in book store? Many individuals might not have sufficient time to find it.
Silks, by Dick Francis, Felix Francis
Download Silks, by Dick Francis, Felix Francis
How if there is a website that enables you to look for referred book Silks, By Dick Francis, Felix Francis from throughout the globe publisher? Instantly, the site will be incredible completed. Numerous book collections can be located. All will be so simple without complicated thing to move from website to website to get the book Silks, By Dick Francis, Felix Francis really wanted. This is the website that will certainly offer you those assumptions. By following this website you can acquire lots varieties of publication Silks, By Dick Francis, Felix Francis collections from variations types of writer and also author prominent in this globe. Guide such as Silks, By Dick Francis, Felix Francis as well as others can be gained by clicking good on web link download.
If you really want actually get the book Silks, By Dick Francis, Felix Francis to refer now, you have to follow this web page consistently. Why? Remember that you require the Silks, By Dick Francis, Felix Francis resource that will provide you appropriate requirement, don't you? By seeing this web site, you have begun to make new deal to constantly be current. It is the first thing you can start to obtain all gain from being in a site with this Silks, By Dick Francis, Felix Francis and also other compilations.
From now, finding the finished website that offers the completed books will be numerous, however we are the relied on website to go to. Silks, By Dick Francis, Felix Francis with easy web link, very easy download, and also completed book collections become our better services to obtain. You could find and use the perks of choosing this Silks, By Dick Francis, Felix Francis as every little thing you do. Life is always developing as well as you require some brand-new book Silks, By Dick Francis, Felix Francis to be reference always.
If you still need more books Silks, By Dick Francis, Felix Francis as references, going to browse the title and also theme in this website is available. You will find more whole lots publications Silks, By Dick Francis, Felix Francis in various self-controls. You can additionally when possible to check out the book that is currently downloaded. Open it and also conserve Silks, By Dick Francis, Felix Francis in your disk or gizmo. It will alleviate you any place you require the book soft data to check out. This Silks, By Dick Francis, Felix Francis soft data to review can be referral for everyone to enhance the ability as well as capacity.
From Dick Francis and his son, Felix, comes Geoffrey Mason-a defense barrister whose true passion is riding his Thoroughbred. Mason's two lives collide when a fellow jockey is accused of murdering a colleague with a pitchfork. Mason prefers not to get involved. But soon he is torn between doing what's right-and what will keep him alive.
- Sales Rank: #265968 in Books
- Brand: Berkley
- Published on: 2009-08-04
- Released on: 2009-08-04
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.44" h x .90" w x 4.25" l, .54 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 432 pages
- Great product!
From Publishers Weekly
After collaborating on Dead Heat (2007), bestseller Francis and his son, Felix, deliver another gripping thriller with a thoroughbred racing backdrop. Soon after London barrister Geoffrey Mason, an amateur jockey by avocation, starts receiving a series of threatening messages from a former client, Julian Trent, whose conviction for assault was overturned on appeal, Mason reluctantly accepts the defense of a jockey, Steve Mitchell, accused of the pitch-fork murder of fellow rider Scot Barlow at a steeplechase event. Mitchell and Barlow had fallen out over Barlow's sister, a vet and Mitchell's former girlfriend, who took her own life just a short while before. When unknown parties order Mason to lose the case, he must balance his professional ethics and his sense of self-preservation. The solid writing and engaging lead will carry readers along at a brisk pace, though some may find the dramatic courtroom revelation of the murderer overly theatrical. (Sept.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
Geoffrey Mason, barrister and amateur steeplechase jockey, is called on to defend an arrogant and difficult fellow rider accused of brutally murdering another jockey. Despite overwhelming evidence, Mason believes his client is innocent—and in fact is being framed. Threats and a vicious beating make Mason more determined to persevere in the defense. British trial-procedure arcana and steeplechase-racing information enrich this engaging story. Jarvis’ reading is impeccable. Not a syllable is lost in his British-accented rendition, and his recitation of events leading up to and during the trial is a model of controlled tension. Fans will be delighted to know that coauthor Felix (Dick Francis’ son) is clearly capable of carrying on the family tradition of top-notch horse-racing mysteries. --Karen Harris
Review
"A gripping thriller."
-PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"One of the most reliable mystery writers working today."
-DETROIT NEWS AND FREE PRESS
Most helpful customer reviews
34 of 35 people found the following review helpful.
Smooth as Silk...
By Linda Holman
I was very excited when I found that this book was coming out. Since Dick Francis seemed to have stopped writing for a time, before the release of his last book written with his son, Dead Heat, I made sure that this was not a reprint.
I also made sure that I had plenty of free time, because once I pick up one of his books, I can't put it down! This one did not disappoint me.
As with his other books, the setting takes place in London and little towns nearby that feature racetracks. This story centers around the English legal system, which is fascinating to me. It has the usual main character who is a nice bloke (Geoffrey Mason) but has had some bad things happen to him. He also finds a new love interest, and fights the good fight against the evil bad guy, and good wins out in the end.
When I read this book, I felt like I was there, in the little town that was described, and that I could feel the feelings that the characters were feeling.
Even though this book stuck to Dick Francis' typical plot, it felt fresh and entertaining to me. I was actually smiling at the end, and it takes a good book to do that for me.
If you are a Dick Francis fan, I would definitely purchase this book. And, I am very happy to report that Mr. Francis' son, Felix, seems to be fully capable of having the reigns turned over to him when it becomes necessary.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Courtroom
By J.T.
Enjoyed the courtroom aspects in Silks ... another good one from Dick Francis/
44 of 50 people found the following review helpful.
Good for Francis fans, OK for others
By Jonathan A. Turner
_Silks_ is a mid-range Dick Francis novel. It delivers the usual pleasures of Dick Francis novels: a racing background, a sympathetic protagonist, a scary villain, a little romance, and an interesting backdrop. As a long-time Francis fan, I was glad to get it and enjoyed reading it. Much as I'd like to, however, I can't give it more than three stars. It has an excellent start, and a good finish, but it lags in the middle.
It doesn't take long for Geoffrey Mason, our hero, to get into frighteningly credible hot water. That's good--but then he takes an awfully long time to do anything effective about it. The middle part of the book fails to build on itself. In a thriller/mystery tale like this one, the protagonist should always be getting more information, getting closer to the bad guys, using what he's learned to push one step further. The antagonist, meanwhile, should always be expanding the scope of his nefarious doings, upping the threat level, reacting to the hero.
Neither of those things happens very much in _Silks_. Mason goes down a lot of blind alleys, and fails to uncover many new facts during his rather desultory investigations. Ultimately, he gets the information he needs via a phone call from a third party. The villain, in turn, simply repeats his original threats over and over. (Part of the trouble is that the villain, when uncovered, turns out to be a somewhat peripheral character.)
Finally, because there's no chain of revelations, Francis & Francis have to rely on a gimmick to inject surprise. In a typical mystery, we readers know what the investigator has *seen*, but not what he *thinks*. Here, Mason explains everything to the other characters in the book--but not to us. Censoring the information given to the reader is one of the weakest of authorial tricks, and in this case it happens several times.
The best part of _Silks_ is Julian Trent, the brutal thug whose trial sparks the whole chain of events. Intimidation in the justice system is a very real problem, and it's all too easy to imagine ourselves in Geoffrey Mason's situation. _Silks_ is very effective in showing how fragile that system really is.
It also delivers a good courtroom drama sequence. This has been done so often that it's something of a cliche. The Francises make this old standard deliver by actually giving an insight into a trial lawyer's mind; we get some understanding of Mason's tactics, his strategies, his worries, his analysis. The effect is to make the legal proceedings less of a circus and more of a high-stakes chess game. (It's also an amusing contrast for anyone who's a fan of Rumpole of the Bailey!)
If you're a long-time Francis fan, you'll probably enjoy _Silks_. Spending time in Francis territory is rather like visiting an old and familiar place: even if things aren't quite the way you remember, it's a pleasure to be among friends. If you're relatively new to Francis, however, you might want to start with one of his top-notch classics--_Risk_ is a personal favorite--where the pacing isn't quite so lax.
Silks, by Dick Francis, Felix Francis PDF
Silks, by Dick Francis, Felix Francis EPub
Silks, by Dick Francis, Felix Francis Doc
Silks, by Dick Francis, Felix Francis iBooks
Silks, by Dick Francis, Felix Francis rtf
Silks, by Dick Francis, Felix Francis Mobipocket
Silks, by Dick Francis, Felix Francis Kindle
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar