Come to Grief - Softcover

Dick Francis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0515119520 ISBN 13: 9780515119527

Publisher: Penguin, 1997

Synopsis

The bestselling author of "Decider" is back with another suspenseful ride
The hero of "Whip Hand" returns
Although more than a decade has passed since the publication of "Whip Hand, " little time has elapsed in Sid Halley's life. Still in his mid-thirties, he remains troubled, courageous, unwilling to admit defeat to disabling injury or to corruption. Now, though, Sid faces nineties' dilemmas, dangers, and deeply demanding decisions.
"I had this friend that everyone loved, and I put him on trial...I grieved for the loss of a friendship, and for the man who looked the same but was different, alien...despicable. I could more easily have grieved for him dead."
Having exposed an adored racing figure as a monster, Sid must testify at the man's trial. But the morning of his appearance, a tragic suicide shatters the proceedings and jars Halley's conscience. Plagued by regret and the suspicion that there's more to the death than has yet come to light, he is catapulted into days of hard, rational detection, heart-searching torments, and the gravest of perils. Business as usual for Sid...

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Review:

Francis is firmly in the saddle and leaving the opposition standing (Sunday Telegraph)

Francis writing at his best (Evening Standard)

As a jockey, Dick Francis was unbeatable when he got into his stride. The same is true of his crime writing (Daily Mirror)

Book Description:

'This is Francis writing at his very best' Evening Standard Sid Halley, the ex-champion jockey turned investigator who appears in Odds Against and Whip Hand, is back. In Come to Grief he faces new dangers, new deeply demanding decisions. Sid has uncovered an obnoxious crime committed by a friend whom he - and everyone else - has held in deep affection. On the morning set for the opening of the friend's trial, at which sid is due to be called as a witness, other people's miseries explode and send him spinning into days of hard rational detection and heart-searching torment. Troubled, courageous and unwilling to admit defeat, for Sid Halley it is business as usual.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0515119520
• ISBN 13: 9780515119527
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 384