Slay Ride

**Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time* ***’Takes the reader on a trip into another world’** 5*** **Reader Review * *’A gripping thriller combining drama with excellent characterisation. I enjoyed every word’** 5*** **Reader Review______David Cleveland – an investigator for the Jockey Club – is sitting in a dinghy in a pleasant little fjord in Norway. He’s here to help the Norwegians find out why Bob Sherman, a visiting English rider, has done a runner with the racehorse takings. He thinks it’ll be a straightforward job, and he’ll get to spend some time with old friends. But when the dinghy is hit by a speedboat and Cleveland almost drowns, he realizes that there is more to this case than some missing money – especially when a dead body turns up. Now Cleveland knows the stakes are dangerously high. A sensible man would leave it to the police and go back home to England.Except, it turns out, that England isn’t safe either . . .** Packed with intrigue and hair-raising suspense, Slay Ride is just one of the many blockbuster thrillers from legendary crime writer Dick Francis. **** Praise for Dick **** ‘As a jockey, Dick Francis was unbeatable when he got into his stride. The same is true of his crime writing’ **Daily Mirror** ‘The narrative is brisk and gripping and the background researched with care . . . the entire story is a pleasure to relish’ **Scotsman** ‘Dick Francis’s fiction has a secret ingredient – his inimitable knack of grabbing the reader’s attention on page one and holding it tight until the very end’ **Sunday Telegraph** ‘A regular winner . . . as smooth, swift and lean as ever’ **Sunday Express** ‘The master of suspense and intrigue’ **Country Life** ‘Francis writing at his best’ **Evening Standard** ‘Still the master’** Racing Post