Dick Franciss Bloodline, Felix Francis
Dick Franciss Bloodline, Felix Francis
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Dick Francis's Bloodline

Author: Felix Francis

Narrator: Martin Jarvis

Unabridged: 9 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/02/2012


Synopsis

Another great best-selling mystery from the grand master of the genre …
When race caller and television presenter Mark Shillingford calls a race in which
his twin sister, Clare, an accomplished and successful jockey, comes in second
when she could have won, he believes the worst: that she lost on purpose, and
the race was fixed. That night, Mark confronts Clare with his suspicions, she
storms off after an argument—and it’s the last time Mark sees her alive. Hours
later, Clare jumps to her death from the balcony of a London hotel … or so it
seems.
Devastated and guilty over her death, Mark goes in search of answers. What had
led Clare to take her own life? Or was it not suicide at all?
“[Felix Francis] has one priceless advantage. He couldn’t have had a better
teacher.”—The Washington Times

Reviews

Goodreads review by Eleanor on June 25, 2013

I expected to like this book. I didn't expect to actually love it and say "Wow" on the last page. But that's what happened. For starters, Dick Francis fans should not be disappointed. This book has all the elements that made Dick Francis such an enjoyable writer--the suspense, the likeable character......more

Goodreads review by Glen on May 13, 2021

When his twin sister seems to have comitted suicide, a race announcer investigates her death, finding she was fixing races. He finds a blackmail scheme among other things. A lot of tension generated, with very little action.......more

Goodreads review by Text on February 03, 2013

A good solid mystery with the traditional Francis focus on the horse-racing industry - in this case, the narrator is a race-caller and TV commentator. The mystery of why Mark Shillingford's sister Clare died is well done, complete with the not-unusual crucial piece of missing information (can't tell......more

Goodreads review by Charlene on April 05, 2020

Found this on my shelves and thought it would make a good, distracting read for the moment. It did. I was a fan of Dick Francis's racetrack mysteries 20 years ago and this one is in the same vein. Dick Francis always had a likable, everyday main character who would figure out the mystery, figure ou......more

Goodreads review by Jeffrey on November 08, 2012

In Bloodline, Felix Francis' latest horse racing mystery, Mark Shillingford, a television commentator at the track is horrified to learn that his twin sister Claire, a noted jockey, has apparently fallen to her death from the balcony of a hotel. The police rule it a suicide, but Shillingford is just......more