Decider, Dick Francis
Decider, Dick Francis
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Decider

Author: Dick Francis

Narrator: Simon Jones

Abridged: 2 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/1993


Synopsis

A GRIPPING RACETRACK THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF DRIVING FORCE AND COMEBACK

THE STAKES ARE DEADLY AT STRATTON PARK

Architect and family man Lee Morris never gave much thought to the shares he inherited of the Stratton Park racecourse, the multi-million dollar property owned by the powerful Stratton family. His mother had first received the shares to keep her quiet about the abuse she had suffered at the hands of her first husband, Keith Stratton. Now, much to Lee's chagrin, he is being drawn into the thick of the Stratton family squabbles as they wage a furious debate over the future of the race track.

So when Lee packs his six sons into his renovated old bus to visit the racetrack, he finds himself embroiled in a supremely dangerous game that extends much deeper than horse racing. And perhaps too late, Lee realizes his involvement in the racetrack may cost him more than he bargained for...It may cost him his life...

About Simon Jones

Simon Jones Broadway credits include: The Real Thing, Benefactors, The School for Scandal, The Herbal Bed, and Waiting in the Wings (Outer Critics Circle nominee). Off-Broadway credits include: Woman in Mind, Terra Nova, Privates On Parade (Drama Desk nominee). Film and TV highlights: Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Brazil, Twelve Monkeys, The Devil's Own, Brideshead Revisited, PBS's Liberty and HBO's Oz.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Harry on August 04, 2012

What is there to say about Dick Francis? As I think about all of his books (yes, this review covers all of his books, and yes I've read them all) I think about a moral ethical hero, steeped in intelligence and goodness embroiled in evil machinations within British horse racing society - either direc......more

Goodreads review by Lata on March 18, 2022

All Dick Francis books are related to horse racing (sometimes, very remotely, but there is atleast a mention of horses). The heroes are all the same, loveable, resilient, loyal, clever and humble, someone whom you would want as a friend. Yet, the mysteries featured in his books are non formulaic. In......more

Goodreads review by Gilbert on October 20, 2021

One of these days I’m going to list out my favorite Dick Francis stories and I think that Decider will rank number three on the list. It’s a wonderful mystery and an even more wonderful story of a father and his young sons. Through a complicated series of events, Lee Morris has come to own an eight......more

Goodreads review by Jay on November 23, 2016

Francis writes about horse racing, that’s well known. But his recipe for a book is to also mix in one or two other topics, like glass blowing or computer viruses or movie making. These extra topics flesh out the characters and differentiate the stories, and I’m sure Francis enjoyed researching these......more

Goodreads review by Fredrick on July 07, 2019

Lee Morris is a beginning architect and engineer who gets in the middle of a feud over a racecourse between members of a family that he is connected to. He believes that choice is preordained. When murder occurs he comes in danger himself and must make critical choices.......more