Dick Francis's Refusal

Name: Dick Francis's Refusal
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Felix Francis
ISBN: 9781501993015

Author: Felix Francis

Narrator: Martin Jarvis

Unabridged: 9 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/03/2013

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

Six years ago, investigator Sid Halley retired for good. He' d been harassed, beaten, shot, even lost a hand to his investigating business, and enough was enough. For the sake of his wife and new daughter he gave up that life of danger and uncertainty, and he thought nothing would ever lure him back into the game. He thought wrong. Sir Richard Stewart, chairman of the racing authority, begs Sid to investigate a series of dodgy races. Sid adamantly refuses, but the following day, Sir Richard is found dead under suspicious circumstances. And then a man with an Irish accent contacts Sid, telling him to deliver a whitewashed report about the suspected race-fixing . . . or else. At first Sid ignores these warnings, knowing that once he submits to this criminal bully, he will forever be under his control. But as the intimidation tactics escalate-- and Sid' s own family comes under threat-- Sid realizes he must meet his enemy head-on . . . or he might pay the ultimate price for his refusal.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Harry on October 20, 2013

Book Review Refusal is Felix's second novel written alone without his father (Gamble being the first). I wonder what this must be like for Felix, to have spent all those years (40 of them) collaborating with his mother and father on the Dick Francis books, and driven by a desire to honor his father's......more

Goodreads review by Maureen on August 24, 2016

Dick Francis’s Refusal, by Felix Francis, falls so seamlessly into the Sid Halley book storyline that you cannot tell the difference between this book and the ones written by Dick himself. The Francis Franchise is alive and well in Felix’s hands. The writing is tight, the mystery first rate, the pac......more

Goodreads review by Jeffrey on November 27, 2013

In the classic Dick Francis novel, the villain was a figure of palpable menace and evilness, but the hero took all the villain dished out and kept coming. Although Felix Francis' writing style is different from Dick Francis, he continues to put out interesting mysteries set close to the English raci......more

Goodreads review by Charles on June 21, 2023

RTF......more

Goodreads review by Sue on September 21, 2013

I have to admit I groaned a little bit when I read that Felix Francis was going to do a Sid Halley book. Sid is one of my favorite DF characters (second only to Kit Fielding) and seemed to be about due some "happily ever after" after his third book. So I was somewhat apprehensive about this undertak......more