Even Money
The New York Times-bestselling authors return with a heart-stopping new novel.
O n the first day of Royal Ascot, the world's most famous horse race, the crowd rejoices in a string of winning favorites. Ned Talbot has worked all his life as a bookmaker- taking over the family business from his grandfather- so he knows not to expect any sympathy from the punters as they count their winnings, and he his losses. He's seen the ups and downs before-but, as the big gambling conglomerates muscle in on small concerns like his, Ned wonders if it's worth it any more.
When a gray-haired man steps forward from the crowd claiming to be his father, Ned's life is thrown into far deeper turmoil. He'd been told since he was a baby that his parents had died in a car crash.
Barely an hour later, his newly found father is stabbed by an unknown assailant in the Ascot parking lot. Blood oozing from his abdomen, his father warns Ned to "be very careful." But of whom? Of what? Ned finds himself in a race to solve his father's riddle-a race where coming in second could cost him more than even money-it could cost him his life. . . . more
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ProductReviews70/100 (5 Reviews)
Recent Reviews
- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-19-2009
- No Triple Crown Winner here
Teddy "Ned" Talbot has had both his feet in the horse and bookie world, since he was a little boy. He worked as a runner for his grandfather. He knows all there is about the business of being a really good bookie. Ned is approached by a...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-14-2009
- One of the best Dick Francis novels of his 45 efforts
Bookmakers beware: Dick Francis and Felix Francis are providing lots of inside information about your operations. There is even a chart of bookmakers' odds as used on British racecourses. This dynamic writing team has hit the big money...
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- 2/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-10-2009
- Not the Dick Francis of yore
I'm sorry to say that I was disappointed in this story. I'm used to being engaged with the characters in a Dick Francis mystery, really caring about the outcome of whatever dilemma was presented. I this case, the story left me cold....
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-04-2009
- Even Money
This is my first Dick Francis novel, and one of my first murder mysteries. I'm not one for blood and guts, and so I'm relieved to report that Francis is more about the mystery, less about a gruesome murder.Ned Talbot is a likable...
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Selected Reviews
- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-14-2009
- One of the best Dick Francis novels of his 45 efforts
Bookmakers beware: Dick Francis and Felix Francis are providing lots of inside information about your operations. There is even a chart of bookmakers' odds as used on British racecourses. This dynamic writing team has hit the big money...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-19-2009
- No Triple Crown Winner here
Teddy "Ned" Talbot has had both his feet in the horse and bookie world, since he was a little boy. He worked as a runner for his grandfather. He knows all there is about the business of being a really good bookie. Ned is approached by a...
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- 2/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-10-2009
- Not the Dick Francis of yore
I'm sorry to say that I was disappointed in this story. I'm used to being engaged with the characters in a Dick Francis mystery, really caring about the outcome of whatever dilemma was presented. I this case, the story left me cold....
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