Twice Shy

A computerized horse betting system falls into Jonathan Derry s hands and unless he returns it to the rightful owners, the odds of his survival are slim to none. New Read Twice Shy by Dick Francis For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Twice Shy may not be the fastest thoroughbred in Dick Francis stable of thrillers, but it is stillthan able to carry the reader on an edge of the seat race to the finish line.The main setting is still the racetrack, but within this frame of reference the author is branching out into other areas of interest For me, beingthan familiar with the kind of books Francis writes variations on a successful formula where both the hero and the villains are stereotypes , the only way to tell Twice Shy may not be the fastest thoroughbred in Dick Francis stable of thrillers, but it is stillthan able to carry the reader on an edge of the seat race to the finish line.The main setting is still the racetrack, but within this frame of reference the author is branching out into other areas of interest For me, beingthan familiar with the kind of books Francis writes variations on a success...Another reliable thriller from Dick Francis, this one is a little dated now because of how old the technology described is now this was the the days of the Amstrad and the Acorn and the Sinclair computers Interesting plot spread across two time periods.I m a long time Dick Francis fan I really liked the first half of the book with Jonathan Derry undoing and outwitting the bad guys The computerized horse racing handicapping program is an interesting part of the story which takes place in the early days of personal computers The usefulness and longevity of the program spanning 14 years as a predictor of a relatively high percentage of race winners underscores the principle that the worth of a computer is mostly a function of the software t I m a long time Dick Francis fan I really liked the first half of the book with Jonathan Derry undoing and outwitting the bad guys The computerized horse racing handicapping program is an interesting part of the story which takes place in the early days of personal computers The usefulness and longevity of the program spanning 14 years as a predictor of a relatively high percentage of race winners underscores the principle that the worth of a computer is mostly a function of the software that runs on it The hero investigates and finds the story of the murderer and the genesis of the valuable program The bad guy is simple and effective but not as interesting as some other D.F villains but he doesn t have to be interesting due to th...Well, I gotta say not among Dick Francis best A warning to aspiring writers be careful when writing about technology You may look foolish and outdated to your future readers a lot sooner than you may think possible.But it is Dick Francis and he s always worthwhile even when he s not at his best.It is a fairly implausible,though novel idea,a computer programme which can predict Derby winners.The action unfolds at a brisk enough pace.Francis also makes use of his son Felix s experience as a Physics teacher and marksman.I won t rank it alongside his best books.I m a big fan of Dick Francis, but even I have to admit that this is not a very good book There are just too many problems with the book.First the story is broken into two sections, which happen 14 years apart There are two brothers as the good guys, each of whom narrates half the book, with the same villain in both parts This partitioning of the book creates a big discontinuity in the story, obviously The time gap also creates a problem because a large part of the story revolves around a I m a big fan of Dick Francis, but even I have to admit that this is not a very good book There are just too many problems with the book.First the story is broken into two sections, which happen 14 years apart There are two brothers as the good guys, each of whom narrates half the book, with the same villain in both parts This partitioning of the book creates a big discontinuity in the story, obviously The time gap also creates a problem because a large part of the story revolves around a computer program yet, unrealistically, the computer technology doesn t advance...I really liked the first half of the novel, and gave I four stars The novel is split in two, and the second half wasn t as good imo I gave the second half 3 stars.The narrator of the first half had a rich, plummy English accent, and was very enjoyable Simon Prebble The second narrator Steven Crossly sounded like a little like a know it all, rich young man from one of those well to do schools that teach all the boys to be prigs He was less enjoyable, but not bad enough to stop listening t I really liked the first half of the novel, and gave I four stars The novel is split in two, and the second half wasn t as good imo I gave the second half 3 stars.The narrator of the first half had a rich, plummy English accent, and was very enjoyable Simon Prebble The second narrator Steven Crossly sounded like a little like a know it all, rich young man from one of those well to do schools that ...I ve been having a bit of a Dick Francis a thon lately And this was the least favourite of the ones I picked up It is a 2 in one, where the second part attempts to carry on a story started 15 years earlier in the 1st part With a different hero It didn t work for me on lots of different levels the main one being that in the 15 years between parts 1 and 2, there was so little advance in computer technology that the 2nd hero could still use the programme, and the disc, which sparked off the c I ve been having a bit of a Dick Francis a thon lately And this was the least favourite of the ones I picked up It is a 2 in one, where the second part attempts to carry on a story started 15 years earlier in the 1st part With a different hero It didn t work for me on lots of different levels the main one being that in the 15 years between parts 1 and 2, there was so little advance in computer technology that the ...I found myself surprised at just how much technology has changed since this book about a computerized horse racing system was released I also was reminded about the scene with Dr Evil when his son said, Why don t we just take him out and shoot himIf nothing else, Twice Shy is a delightful romp through the very early days of personal computers, back when people really did write their own programs and record them on cassette tapes The trip back to what will either be a nostalgia filled era, or the foreign country of analogue, makes the book fun reading in and of itself.It sthan that, of course, with some trademark Francis plotting and pacing, and the mundane elevated to high suspense This time Francis does something a little diff If nothing else, Twice Shy is a delightful romp through the very early days of personal computers, back when people really did write their own programs and record them on cassette tapes The trip back to what will either be a nostalgia filled era, or the foreign country of analogue, makes the book fun reading in and of itself.It sthan that, of course, with some trademark Francis plotting and pacing, and the mundane elevated to high suspense This time Francis does something a little different and has two main characters, with half of the book devoted to each I doubt it would have worked in most of his other books, but it works here and provides a nice balance, as the two heroes are brothers who are diametric opposites of each other There s also plenty of interesting tidbits about the newly emerging field of personal computing, as well as the somewhat arcane world of competitive shooting I will say that I found the female characters in Twice Shy, while interesting, to be...

• English
• 04 March 2017
Dick Francis
• Paperback
• 304 pages
• 0425198774
• Dick Francis
• Twice Shy