Decider

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

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

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

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

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