For Kicks - Couverture rigide

Francis, Dick

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0922890579 ISBN 13 : 9780922890576

Editeur : Armchair Detective Library, 1991

Synopsis

Book by Francis Dick

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Dick Francis has written thirty-nine novels, a volume of short stories (Field of 13), his autobiography (The Sport of Queens) and the biography of Lester Piggott. He is rightly acclaimed as one of greatest thriller writers in the world. He has received many awards, amongst them the prestigious Crime Writers Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to the genre, and the Mystery Writers of America have given him three Edgar Allan Poe awards for the best novel of the year, and in 1996 mad him a Grand Master for a lifetime's achievement. He was awarded the CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2000.Dick Francis divides his time between England and an island in the Caribbean.

Présentation de l'éditeur

"For Kicks" is a spy story. Faced with a threat to the whole sport of steeplechasing, the stewards decide that only an undercover operation can succeed in revealing the mystery. Daniel Roke, taking on the job light-heartedly, finds himself headed for deadly danger. Yet the worst of his troubles comes not from his enemies but from the two devastating daughters of October launch.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Armchair Detective Library
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0922890579
• ISBN 13: 9780922890576
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible