"A New Dick Francis is always a cause for celebration" - Mail on Sunday. Felix Francis is back with another edge-of-your-seat thriller, in the classic Dick Francis tradition. Halley's quest for answers draws him ever 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. Are results being rigged? Are bookies taking a cut? And if so, are trainers and jockeys playing a dangerous game with stakes far higher than they realise. His brief: to make discrete enquiries into alleged race fixing. Walker was riding one of Lord Enstone's horses in the Hurdle and it was the inimitable owner who invited Halley in the first place. But this is precisely how he finds Huw Walker - the new winner of the Triumph Hurdle and Halley's friend. He knows the perils of racing all too well - but in his day, jockeys didn't usually reach the finishing line with three. It's the third death that really troubles former champion jump-jockey Sid Halley. However, three in one afternoon was sufficiently unusual to raise more than an eyebrow." "Sadly, death at the races is not uncommon. However, three in one afternoon was sufficiently unusual to raise more than an eyebrow.' Its the third death that really troubles former champion jump-jockey Sid Halley. 'Sadly, death at the races is not uncommon. The abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Dick Francis's thriller, Under Orders, read by Martin Jarvis. The abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Dick Franciss thriller, Under Orders, read by Martin Jarvis.
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