Pulse
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Francis_Felix
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Triple Crown
by
Felix Francis
After hosting Tony Andretti from the US Federal Anti-Corruption in Sports Agency (FACSA), in the ways of British Horseracing Authority (BHA), Andretti invites Jeff Hinkley to come to America and help him find a mole in his organization.
And that is how Triple Crown begins with British Horseracing Authority’s (BHA) lead investigator, Jeff Hinkley, working with the US Federal Anti-Corruption in Sports Agency (FACSA) to find a mole in the agency.
Hinkley joins his FACSA colleagues on a disastrous raid on a trainer’s barn at Churchill Downs. The only thing they discover is a body. Then, on the morning of the Derby itself, three of the most favoured horses in the field fall sick and are withdrawn from the race.
At this point, Hinkley decides to go undercover as a groom at Belmont Park racetrack in New York where he discovers some corrupt individuals who will stop at nothing, including murdering Hinckley to win the Triple Crown. The Triple Crown is a series of races that include; The Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes. These three races are contested over five weeks in May and June each year and only three-year-old thoroughbreds are eligible to enter. Therefore a racehorse has only one year, during its career, in which to win the Triple Crown.
I rated
Triple Crown
as a
four-star audiobook.
***
At the time of writing my review
other Goodreads readers had awarded
Triple Crown
an average of 3.66 stars
from 1,995 ratings
and 298 reviews.
***
Triple Crown
can be purchased online at
Booktopia, Fishpond and Amazon
Book-Review-Crisis
Crisis
by
Felix Francis
Lawyer Harry Foster decided he had had enough of drawing up wills and decided to change his job and now works for a London company dealing in Crisis management.
Harry is despatched to find out how, or why, a sheik’s horse died in a stable blaze. However, considering Harry has no love for horses and has never been near a race track, he has no desire to investigate this fire although things begin to look brighter after meeting Katie.
As well as several horses a body was also discovered in the ashes. The body is so badly burned identifying it becomes another problem. When the body is identified the stable becomes a crime scene.
The investigation becomes bogged down when the family who owns the stable and trains horses are reluctant to divulge family secrets to Harry.
Crisis moves along quite nicely and the narrator does a very good job of providing character voices.
I thoroughly enjoyed Felix Francis’ Crisis. I have met some readers who are not overly thrilled by another horse novel. However, I find stories about or surrounding the British Horse Racing industry very enjoyable.
***
I rated
Crisis
as a solid
read.
***
At the time of writing my review
other Goodreads readers had awarded
Crisis
an average of 4.07 stars
from 1,9118 ratings
and 234 reviews.
Crisis
can be purchased online at
Booktopia, Fishpond and Amazon
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Guilty, Not Guilty
by
Felix Francis
Guilty, Not Guilty, was my first, but will definitely not be my last, Felix Francis audiobook.
Guilty, Not Guilty, follows the trials and tribulations of Bill Russel after he is advised that his wife has been found murdered. A few days after his wife’s death Bill is arrested for her murder after his nasty brother-in-law pointed the finger at him. It didn’t seem to matter to police that Bill was so far away from home.
With nearly all of Bill’s friends and work colleagues declaring him guilty in the court of public opinion the outlook for Bill is rather grim. The trial and verdict appears rather conclusive. However, there is one more twist in this tale. A twist which is inferred during the course of the plot and which, with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight is obvious…although not so at the time.
Guilty, Not Guilty, moves along at a fast pace and I believe would make a good read and is an excellent audiobook.
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