Blood Sport

By: Dick Francis

Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard

Length: 7 hrs

Publisher's summary

When English agent Gene Hawkins told his boss he'd forego his vacation to search for millionaire Dave Teller's prized missing stallion, he didn't know his retainer would include the attention of his boss's beautiful teenage daughter - or Teller's seldom sober wife. He also didn't know that a trail from London to New York to Las Vegas to California would lead eventually to murder.

©1967 by Dick Frances (P)1995 by Blackstone Audiobooks

Critic reviews

"A rare and magical talent…who never writes the same story twice." ( San Diego Union-Tribune)
"In the world of mystery writing, Dick Francis stands head and shoulders above the rest." ( Ottawa Citizen)

A Favorite! Dick Francis and Geoffrey Howard/Ralp

h Crosham - the perfect partnership! I have read all of Dick Francis's books many times over the years and have been satisfied with every experience.

My favorite Francis

I’m on an audible Dick Francis binge. I’ve listened to 7 in a row. Although I read many of his a few decades ago, they are all new to me now. They’ve all been delightful but this is my favorite, edgy, unexpected. Love the travels in the U. S. To places I’ve been. His character is quite different. Loved it all

Good book!

Good book good book good book good book good book good book good book good book and I love it

Another excellent Francis book & narration!

Wonderful book and plot. Again, you will never be disappointed with Dick &/or Felix Francis. Love everything about his books. Every book has a great narrator--always. Every story is different. This is a great twist as it encompasses travel, clinical depression, mystery, and as always, great characterization. With Francis, even the bad guys are interesting and usually liked even though they are the bad guy. That takes a lot of skill.

Dick Francis, Blood Sport

I love Dick Francis and miss him very much. I have read most of his books and was glad to come across one that I had not read. I will try to figure out if there are any more unread gems!

Intriguing!

Where does Blood Sport rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Up there with the other mysterys I have read!

Any additional comments?

Mr. Francis takes his knowledge of the sport and uses it to build great stories filled with mystery and intrigue.

Stands the test of time.

I like all the Dick Francis books but this one stands out. The right balance of all the key ingredients.

Listened a second time on: 3 Mar 2022

Not up to his usual fare. To disturbing for me. The rest is here to meet the 15 word requirement.

So good! Excellent choice of narrator!

Very difficult to stop listening. An unusual Dick Francis, while resolved well, not exactly happy. Still worth my ( and yours if you like Dick Francis) listening time. Maybe don't start with this as your first book by this author? Although every one I have read or listened to has been excellent!

A reliable antidote to listener's ennui

I am never anxious for a Dick Francis book to finish. Never. His urbane, first person narrators are satisfying companions for however long it takes them to relate their tale, and they take me along to vividly rendered, fascinating settings in circumstances which are perfectly calculated to create suspense. As a bonus, I get an expert insider's view of the rarefied world of horse breeding and racing. His prose is spare and elegant and his plotting is flawless. Polished mastery in the service of accumulating tension and moments of unanticipated ferocity.

In this early work which already shows Francis at the height of his powers, his bereft but completely engaging protagonist takes us with him on a leisurely and terrifying float down an English waterway and then into some very rugged foothills in the American west; a soulless Las Vegas suburb, posh breeding properties in Kentucky and California, and a remote desert road in Nevada follow. I loved every moment of it.