Shattered

By: Dick Francis

Narrated by: Fiacre Douglas

Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

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. Long accustomed to the frightful dangers inherent in molten glass and in maintaining a glassmaking furnace at never less than 1800 degrees Fahrenheit, Logan is suddenly faced with terrifying threats to his business, his courage, and his life.

Believing that the missing video holds the key to a priceless treasure, and wrongly convinced that Logan knows where to find it, criminal forces set out to press him for information he doesn't have. To survive, he realizes that he himself must sort out the truth. The final race to the tape throws more hazards in Logan's way than his dead jockey friend could ever have imagined.

Glass shatters. Logan doesn't...but it's a close-run thing.

©2004 Dick Francis (P)2004 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Poor Reading

Love Dick Francis, and have thoroughly enjoyed many Audible narrations of his works, particularly those done by Simon Prebble. Unfortunately Mr. Douglas read this story with all the emotion of one reading an in depth analysis of tax regulations. The story was still good enough for the listener to persevere, but barely.

Not Tony Britton

I have to admit that I am spoiled by Tony Britton's excellent narration. Fiacre Douglas does not distinguish between the voices well, if at all. There are times when he sounds like he is reading the book for the 1000th time and is completely bored. Once you get past the narration and figure out how to keep track of who is speaking, it is a typical Dick Francis novel - which I love.

Great story read by a subpar narrator

Great story but this should have been read by one of the really talented narrators of Dick Francis audiobooks like Martin Jarvis or Tony Britton.

not loving the narrator

I love dick Francis books and usually love the audiobooks but this narrator is really flat and I couldn't get into it. until now I didn't think it was possible to make a dick Francis book boring but this guy manages it. disappointed.

Horse racing transferred to the speaker's pace

The reader of this particular Francis book seems to have earned a bonus for speed-reading.
If there was anything to savor, we missed it in the narration. Of all the 'sort of about horses' plots, this one has the least connection of all.

The narrator was a real problem

I am a dick Frances fan and have been enjoying listening to books I had previously read. I did not care for this narrator at all. His pace was too fast and his inflection was almost nonexistent. It was a very flat and fast recitation of the story. I will not choose another book by this narrator.

great story great reading

I love the work of dick francis..you always learn new things. this book you learn about glass blowing and some medical stuff. I loved it

interesting storyline, not fond of the narrator

overall a good dick Francis read, the narrator reads too fast and has a different accent. I prefer Simon prebble or Martin Jarvis as narrators.

Good Story Ruined by Bad Read

I really enjoy Dick Francis novels and have liked the readers (especially Tony Britton), but this narrator doesn't know how to read punctuation and makes me want to sleep.

Blown glass

A good story but highlighting police disinterest except when officer is killed is not ideal. Narrator is good but sometimes forgets who he is portraying.
Worth the listen