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Tony Britton
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Dick Francis
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When the horse that wins a race gallops in with frothing mouth and popping eyes, what is more natural than to suspect that someone slipped a booster into his oats? With 11 steeplechasers hurtling over the finish line in this pepped up states and all the dope tests conclusively negative, the Earl of October had something of a problem if he wanted to preserve the health of his favorite sport. What he needed was an insider's view of the stables, a planted stable lad with an outer appearance shifty enough to attract the seedier element in the racing world and a nose sharp enough to smell out foul play. What he needed was Daniel Roke.
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Knockdown
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 6 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 94
For a generous commission, ex-prizewinning jockey Jonah Dereham reluctantly agrees to bid on a young steeplechaser on behalf of a wealthy American woman. But his life is thrust into danger immediately following the auction, when he receives a blow to the head by two thugs demanding ownership of the horse.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Classic Dick Francis Story
- De Gregg MacDonald en 02-16-23
De: Dick Francis
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Forfeit
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 7 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 80
When reporter Bert Chekov falls to his death, his colleague James Tyrone is suspicious. Chekov’s column had recently recommended some ‘can’t-lose’ horses, who then wound up out of the running on race day. Tyrone thinks he can prove it was murder, but he may not live to tell the tale. Because as the dead man has already made clear, there’s no such thing as a sure thing...
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5 out of 5 stars
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The plot was intriguing
- De Jaguar en 12-26-24
De: Dick Francis
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Trial Run
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 7 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 95
The last place veteran horseman Randall Drew wanted to go was Moscow. But when his royal highness the prince asks a favor, one doesn’t refuse. The Royal Family is worried about the prince’s brother in law, who aims to make the Olympics. Unfortunately a jealous Russian rider has sworn to kill him if he sets one hoof in Moscow. So Randall leaves his thoroughbred horses and loving girlfriend to investigate. But what he finds is more than jealousy. It’s a terrifying track of sabotage and murder. And now that he knows, the killer is after him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- De karen en 05-07-24
De: Dick Francis
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Slay Ride
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 65
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 65
hampion jockey Robert Sherman has disappeared right before his wife was about to give birth. And right before he was sure to win the National. A coincidence? British investigator David Cleveland doesn’t think so. He’s convinced someone made Sherman disappear, but with every answer David gets, the body count rises. And if he isn’t careful, the next body might just be his own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Slay Ride : review
- De Consuelo B. Graham en 01-28-23
De: Dick Francis
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Bonecrack
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 6 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 143
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 143
Dick Francis, the bestselling master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. In the middle of the night, two masked men break into Neil Griffon’s home and abduct him. He quickly discovers that unless he agrees to their unreasonable demands, they will destroy his father’s precious horse and racing stable, and ultimately Neil himself. Returned to his father’s stables, he must find a way to bring down these criminals, because having to choose between his integrity and his life is no choice at all.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Horses and Fathers
- De Markhov en 06-28-23
De: Dick Francis
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Dead Cert
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 221
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 199
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 197
The victory was hollow for Alan. He had been running a close second behind his good friend Bill Davidson, when Bill’s horse unexpectedly jerked as he soared over the steeplechase fence. Now, Bill was dead from his injuries, and Alan knew it wasn’t an accident. A small menacing thread of wire dangled from the top of the fence—a carefully constructed plot of malice. Curious, Alan begins an investigation that points to corruption that transcends the racing circuit—seeping into the town surrounding the track.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Classic Dick Francis
- De Terilyn en 07-04-22
De: Dick Francis
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Knockdown
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 6 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 94
For a generous commission, ex-prizewinning jockey Jonah Dereham reluctantly agrees to bid on a young steeplechaser on behalf of a wealthy American woman. But his life is thrust into danger immediately following the auction, when he receives a blow to the head by two thugs demanding ownership of the horse.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Classic Dick Francis Story
- De Gregg MacDonald en 02-16-23
De: Dick Francis
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Forfeit
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 7 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 80
When reporter Bert Chekov falls to his death, his colleague James Tyrone is suspicious. Chekov’s column had recently recommended some ‘can’t-lose’ horses, who then wound up out of the running on race day. Tyrone thinks he can prove it was murder, but he may not live to tell the tale. Because as the dead man has already made clear, there’s no such thing as a sure thing...
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5 out of 5 stars
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The plot was intriguing
- De Jaguar en 12-26-24
De: Dick Francis
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Trial Run
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 7 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 95
The last place veteran horseman Randall Drew wanted to go was Moscow. But when his royal highness the prince asks a favor, one doesn’t refuse. The Royal Family is worried about the prince’s brother in law, who aims to make the Olympics. Unfortunately a jealous Russian rider has sworn to kill him if he sets one hoof in Moscow. So Randall leaves his thoroughbred horses and loving girlfriend to investigate. But what he finds is more than jealousy. It’s a terrifying track of sabotage and murder. And now that he knows, the killer is after him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- De karen en 05-07-24
De: Dick Francis
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Slay Ride
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 65
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 65
hampion jockey Robert Sherman has disappeared right before his wife was about to give birth. And right before he was sure to win the National. A coincidence? British investigator David Cleveland doesn’t think so. He’s convinced someone made Sherman disappear, but with every answer David gets, the body count rises. And if he isn’t careful, the next body might just be his own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Slay Ride : review
- De Consuelo B. Graham en 01-28-23
De: Dick Francis
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Bonecrack
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 6 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 143
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 143
Dick Francis, the bestselling master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. In the middle of the night, two masked men break into Neil Griffon’s home and abduct him. He quickly discovers that unless he agrees to their unreasonable demands, they will destroy his father’s precious horse and racing stable, and ultimately Neil himself. Returned to his father’s stables, he must find a way to bring down these criminals, because having to choose between his integrity and his life is no choice at all.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Horses and Fathers
- De Markhov en 06-28-23
De: Dick Francis
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Dead Cert
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 221
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 199
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 197
The victory was hollow for Alan. He had been running a close second behind his good friend Bill Davidson, when Bill’s horse unexpectedly jerked as he soared over the steeplechase fence. Now, Bill was dead from his injuries, and Alan knew it wasn’t an accident. A small menacing thread of wire dangled from the top of the fence—a carefully constructed plot of malice. Curious, Alan begins an investigation that points to corruption that transcends the racing circuit—seeping into the town surrounding the track.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Classic Dick Francis
- De Terilyn en 07-04-22
De: Dick Francis
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Shattered
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Fiacre Douglas
- Duración: 6 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 300
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 250
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 247
When jockey Martin Stukely dies after a fall at Cheltenham, he accidentally embroils his friend Gerard Logan in a perilous search for a stolen videotape. Logan is a glassblower on the verge of widespread acclaim.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Narrator has flat, almost mechanical voice!
- De Jaegersmum en 05-21-14
De: Dick Francis
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10 Lb. Penalty
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 7 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 573
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 506
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 501
Even though Ben Juliard had always dreamt of becoming a jockey, he couldn’t say no when his father—a prominent politician—pulled some strings and got him a job in his campaign for Parliament. Now, Ben needs to do more than smile for the cameras.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Father - Son Bonding Moments!
- De R. Pontiflet en 02-16-15
De: Dick Francis
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Nerve
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 8 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 115
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 115
Despair, suicide, and obsessive hatred, mixed well with humor, love, and horses, brew up into the story of a battle between one man's nerve and another man's cunning. Robert Finn, steeplechase jockey, finds himself the focus of a malicious campaign, which is also afflicting his friends. He sets out to discover its source and remove it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of Francis' Best
- De Darc en 11-08-22
De: Dick Francis
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Wild Horses
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 10 h y 30 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 870
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 778
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 779
When Thomas Lyon decides to make a movie based on an unsolved crime that shocked the horseracing world in Wild Horses, he discovers that someone will do anything - including commit murder - to make sure this story isn't told.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved this Book - Problems with the download fixed
- De Casey en 07-31-11
De: Dick Francis
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Rat Race
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Ian Ogilvy
- Duración: 6 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Vintage Francis
- De MICHAEL en 06-05-23
De: Dick Francis
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Odds Against
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Geoffrey Howard
- Duración: 7 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,147
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,029
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,021
It’s amazing what bodily injury can do for a man. A fall from a racehorse left brilliant jockey Sid Halley dangerously depressed, with a wrecked hand and the need for a new career. It was a bullet wound that helped him find one.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous!
- De motown en 02-10-15
De: Dick Francis
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The Danger
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 149
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 148
Kidnapping is Andrew Douglas's business: they take them, he finds them. But it isn't so simple when Alessia Cenci, golden-girl jockey, disappears, followed by the young child of a derby winner and the senior steward of the Jockey Club. From Italy to England to Washington, D.C., Andrew's caseload is suddenly, violently overflowing. And he must fight triply hard to keep his own name off the growing list of victims.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good but disturbing
- De oseedee en 06-08-23
De: Dick Francis
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Driving Force
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 10 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 601
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 539
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 538
A dead hitchhiker, empty canisters found at the bottom of several trucks, and the murder of a harmless mechanic are the bizarre events that lead ex-jockey Freddie Croft to suspect that his transport company, Driving Force, is involved in drug smuggling, or something far worse.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Good Suspenseful Mystery....
- De R. Pontiflet en 04-12-15
De: Dick Francis
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Straight
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 11 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 346
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 308
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 305
Steeplechase jockey Derek Franklin has had more broken bones than he cares to count, but it seems his latest injury could very well bring his days on the race course to a screeching halt. But that’s the least of his concerns when his brother turns up dead, leaving Derek as the sole inheritor of his estate. It doesn’t take long for Derek to learn that his brother—a magistrate who imported and sold semiprecious stones—was keeping more than his share of secrets.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Dick Francis and Simon Prebble
- De CarolinaBlue en 03-07-23
De: Dick Francis
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Field of Thirteen
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
A superbly crafted collection of thirteen tightly plotted tales that treats listeners to murder, mystery, and mayhem in the world of horseracing. With his remarkable blend of unrelenting suspense, finely tuned narrative, and lean, stylish prose, New York Times bestselling author Dick Francis proves that he is as much a master of the short story as he is of the novel in this thrilling collection.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great narrator
- De Consuelo B. Graham en 11-22-22
De: Dick Francis
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Dead Heat
- De: Dick Francis, Felix Francis
- Narrado por: Martin Jarvis
- Duración: 10 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 537
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 294
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 292
Max Moreton is a rising culinary star and his Newmarket restaurant, The Hay Net, has brought him great acclaim and a widening circle of admirers. But when nearly all the guests who enjoyed one of his meals at a private catered affair fall victim to severe food poisoning, his kitchen is shuttered and his reputation takes a hit.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Dead Heat
- De Liz Hart en 09-26-07
De: Dick Francis, y otros
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To the Hilt
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 9 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,064
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 947
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 942
Featuring the gripping plot, dramatic settings and believable characters that listeners have come to expect from Dick Francis, To the Hilt displays the master at the top of his form.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Relaxed Entertainment
- De R. Pontiflet en 05-11-17
De: Dick Francis
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre For Kicks
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución4 out of 5 stars
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Historia5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 11-06-24
Accent
As much as I normally really enjoy Tony's renditions - this time his Australian accent was awful
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Total4 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución4 out of 5 stars
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Historia4 out of 5 stars
- Tracey
- 06-26-15
kick,n it
If you could sum up For Kicks in three words, what would they be?
good storytelling classic
Who was your favorite character and why?
dan willing to have a go at anything
Which character – as performed by Tony Britton – was your favorite?
again it would be dan tony did a good job on this character his aussie was passable made the book enjoyable
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
yes it was you wanted to find out the plot and conclusion
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Total4 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución4 out of 5 stars
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Historia5 out of 5 stars
- Ms Judith Nolan
- 08-22-16
Work on your Australian Accent Tony!
I do enjoy listening to Tony Britton's narrations, but it took a while to stop grimacing at his Australian accent, which at times started to swerve southeast to New Zealand. And please check on pronunciations of Australian place names: "G'long", not "Geeelong". We Australuans don't waste unnecessary vowels!
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
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Historia5 out of 5 stars
- MemElaina
- 04-12-12
Excellent
What about Tony Britton’s performance did you like?
Britton's accent - somewhere between Australian and Cockney - was very well done and added verisimilitude to an important premise of the story.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
I found the denoument unexpected but very much in character with the development of the story.
Any additional comments?
This is one of the earliest Dick Francis stories, and it makes it clear why Francis' books achieved their overnight success. Well worth reading.
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