Triple Crown

Name: Triple Crown
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Felix Francis
ISBN: 9781501932175

Author: Felix Francis

Series: Jefferson Hinkley

Narrator: Martin Jarvis

Unabridged: 9 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/11/2016

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

New York Times-bestselling author Felix Francis returns with the newest thriller in the Dick Francis tradition. Jeff Hinkley is back for a third outing. Still a British Horseracing Authority investigator, Jeff has been seconded to the US Federal Anti-Corruption in Sports Agency (FACSA) where he has been asked to find a mole in their organization, an informant who is passing on confidential information to those under suspicion in American racing. Jeff attends the Kentucky Derby with the FACSA team, accompanying the Special Agents on a raid to a horse trainer's barn at Churchill Downs. Things do not go well and someone ends up dead. Then, on the morning of the Derby itself, three of the most favored horses in the field fall sick in what Jeff considers are suspicious circumstances. Jeff goes in search of answers, taking on the undercover role of a groom on the backstretch at Belmont Park racetrack in New York. But he discovers far more than he was bargaining for, finding himself as the meat in the sandwich between FACSA and corrupt individuals who will stop at nothing, including murder, to capture the most elusive prize in world sport, the Triple Crown.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jean on November 17, 2016

Over the years I have read many of the Dick Francis books. I have read some of those co-written with Felix. I think this is my second book written by Felix alone. I noted that this is a series, whereas Dick, wrote stand-alone books. Our protagonist, Jefferson Hinkley, of the British Horseracing Assoc......more

Goodreads review by Biggus on October 09, 2016

Like many other reviewers, I have also read all of Dick Francis' books and all of Felix's. I am not so sure if I'll read too many more. This one was terrible, and it definitely was not assisted by the cringe worthy 'accents' (I use the term very loosely!) put on by Martin Jarvis. I struggled to fini......more

Goodreads review by Anne on September 16, 2016

I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher through Goodreads Giveaways. Full disclosure: I have been a fan of Dick Francis and his novels since I was a young teenager (so 30+ years). His novels, while following a "formula" of taking place in or around horse racing, never seemed formu......more

Goodreads review by Monnie on October 19, 2016

This is the latest entry into the life of British Horseracing Authority investigator Jeff Hinkley, and it brings him to the U.S. shores "on loan" to help the U.S. Federal Anti-Corruption in Sports Agency find a mole in its organization. Apparently, someone is leaking confidential information that's......more

Goodreads review by Grace on March 01, 2017

Felix is not his father. He spends a lot of time telling me stuff I don't really care about. Too much exposition, period. And his very obvious, and almost obnoxious, anti-gun stance bugged me. Actually, he was rather anti-American. Considering how many people in this country buy his books, he might......more