Even Money by Dick Francis
On the first day of Royal Ascot, the crowd rejoices in a string of winning favourites. Ned Talbot has worked all his life as a bookmaker - taking over the family business from his grandfather - so he knows not to expect any sympathy from the punters as they count their winnings, and he counts his losses. He's seen the ups and downs before - but, as the big gambling conglomerates muscle in on small concerns like his, Ned wonders if it's worth it any more. When a grey-haired man steps forward from the crowd claiming to be his father, Ned's life is thrown into far deeper turmoil. He'd been told since he was a baby that his parents had died in a car crash. Barely an hour later his newly found father is stabbed by an unknown assailant in the Ascot car park. Blood oozing from his abdomen, he warns Ned: 'Be very careful'. But of whom? Of what? Ned finds himself in a race to solve his father's riddles, a race where coming second could cost him more than even money, it could cost him his life.
Dick Francis wrote more than forty international bestsellers and was widely acclaimed as one of the world’s finest thriller writers. His awards included the Crime Writers’ Association’s Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to the genre, and an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Tufts University of Boston. In 1996 Dick Francis was made a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master for a lifetime’s achievement and in 2000 he was awarded the CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Sadly he died in 2010. Felix Francis is the younger of Dick Francis’s two sons. Over the last 40 years Felix has assisted with the research on many of the Dick Francis novels, including Twice Shy, Shattered and Under Orders. Now with Dead Heat Felix takes on a more significant role in the writing, assisting his father with the production of the latest instalment of the Dick Francis catalogue. Martin Jarvis’s distinguished career includes the title role on Broadway in By Jeeves, appearing in the Oscar-winning Titanic, starring roles in many international television series (from Murder She Wrote to Inspector Morse) and in London’s West End and National Theatre. His bestselling audio recordings have won many awards in America and Britain. He received the OBE in 2000.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| EAN | 9780230745667 |
| Title | Even Money |
| Release date | 2009-09-03 |
| Format | Abridged Audiobook |
| Studio | Macmillan Digital Audio |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Note | Unavailable |
| By (author) | Dick Francis |
| By (author) | Felix Francis |
| Read by | Martin Jarvis |