Sid Halley is back, but he's given up the literally bruising world of
investigation for investment banking and a settled life with his wife
Marina and daughter Sassy. But then Sir Richard Stewart chairman of the
British Horseracing Agency comes to see him pleading for him to look
into race fixing. Halley refuses and the next day Stewart is found
dead. Despite his best efforts Halley becomes drawn in as a lethal
Ulsterman has Sassy kidnapped and Halley realises he has no option but
to fight back.
Felix Francis is now writing at a really good
level and this is a brave return to one of Dick Francis' most beloved
characters. Felix Francis uses his father's best technique of combining
thriller with a real heart, we see Halley deal with the idea of hand
transplantation and the possibility of once again having two hands, and
of course face losing his beloved family. Powerful and moving.
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