Proof - Couverture souple

Francis, Dick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 033029069X ISBN 13 : 9780330290692

Editeur : Pan Books, 1991

Synopsis

An an annual party to celebrate the success of the racing season everything seemed to be running well to form. INcluding the need for more champagne, Until a runaway horsebox ploughed into the marquee...Witness to the terrible death and destruction, win merchant Tony Beach knows it is just one of those tragic accidents. But when his expert advice is called into play over sub-standard alcohol in a local night club, connections start to click. And another person dies...horribly. 'The best of Francis's bestsellers so far ...it's a corker' Publishers' Weekly

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Dick Francis (pictured with his son Felix Francis) was born in South Wales in 1920. He was a young rider of distinction winning awards and trophies at horse shows throughout the United Kingdom. At the outbreak of World War II he joined the Royal Air Force as a pilot, flying fighter and bomber aircraft including the Spitfire and Lancaster.

He became one of the most successful postwar steeplechase jockeys, winning more than 350 races and riding for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. After his retirement from the saddle in 1957, he published an autobiography, The Sport of Queens, before going on to write more than forty acclaimed books, including the New York Times bestsellers Even Money and Silks.

A three-time Edgar Award winner, he also received the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association’s Cartier Diamond Dagger, was named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, and was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2000. He died in February 2010, at age eighty-nine, and remains among the greatest thriller writers of all time.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Wine merchant Tony Beach has expertly catered his latest society soiree, but the fun's over when a team of hit men crash the party...literally. The event leaves Tony with a bitter aftertaste of suspicion—and sets off a mystery that's an intoxicating blend of deception, intrigue, and murder.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pan Books
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 033029069X
• ISBN 13: 9780330290692
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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