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by Francis, Dick
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0399154000
- ISBN 13
- 9780399154003
- Seller
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Georgetown, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable archival cover. Full number line.. 308 pages. A Sid Halley Mystery, No. 4. "Sadly, death at the races is not uncommon. However, three in a single afternoon was sufficiently unusual to raise more than one eyebrow." It's the third death on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day that really troubles super-sleuth Sid Halley. Former champion jockey Halley knows the perils of racing all too well-but in his day, jockeys didn't usually reach the finishing line with three .38 rounds in the chest. But this is precisely how he finds jockey Huw Walker-who, only a few hours earlier, had won the coveted Triumph Hurdle. Just moments before the gruesome discovery, Halley had been called upon by Lord Enstone to make discreet inquiries into why his horses appeared to be on a permanent losing streak. Are races being fixed? Are bookies taking a cut? And if so, are trainers and jockeys playing a dangerous game with stakes far higher than they are realistic? Halley's quest for answers draws him even deeper into the darker side of the race game, in a life-or-death power play that will push him to his very limits-both professionally and personally. .
Synopsis
Read by Martin Jarvis Unabridged CDs - 8 CDs, 10 hours Sid Halley returns-in a triumphant new novel from the grand master of crime fiction, Dick Francis.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Storbeck's (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 605442
- Title
- Under Orders
- Author
- Francis, Dick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399154000
- ISBN 13
- 9780399154003
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- LCCN
- 2006022976
- Keywords
- FICTION, MYSTERY DETECTIVE, SUSPENSE, SID HALLEY, FICTITIOUS CHARACTER
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Mystery/Detective;
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