Wild Horses

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Once a blacksmith, now famous and respected as a newspaperman, Valentine Clark knows everyone who is anyone in the racing world Aged, confused, blind and dying, he harbors a daunting secret that he is desperate to be rid of he makes his last confession to his visiting film director friend, Thomas Lyon, whom in his delirium he mistakes for a priest Unburdened and at peace, Valentine passes away, yet his legacy remains, guarded by Thomas On location in Newmarket, Thomas is troubled by the old man s secret Seeking to understand this puzzling revelation, he uncovers a long unsolved mystery that he soon finds is very much unforgotten But as much as he wants to learn , it seems he already knows too much Imaginative and decisive though he may be, he will need superhuman courage and extreme cunning to stay alive. Free Read Wild Horses [ by ] Dick Francis [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Another easy to read Dick Francis mystery, but a long way short of his best work I wasn t overly convinced by the movie making setting that provided the background to the novel In my opinion, it padded the storyline needl...Oh, boy This book Where to start Wild Horses is the first recognisably modern Dick Francis that I ve read the characters have mobile phones and reference Prozac , which honestly caused a bit of cognitive dissonance for me I can deal with Francis s stoical male protagonists and flimsy love interests when it s the 70s, but it all gets a bit uncomfortable when it s supposed to be 1994 and the 30 year old protag a Gen X er acts like your killjoy grandpa Tangent whyyyyyyyyyyyyy is there al Oh, boy This book Where to start Wild Horses is the first recognisably modern Dick Francis that I ve read the characters have mobile phones and reference Prozac , which honestly caused a bit of cognitive dissonance for me I can deal with Francis s stoical male protagonists and flimsy love interests when it s the 70s, but it all gets a bit uncomfortable when it s supposed to be 1994 and the 30 year old protag a Gen X er acts like your killjoy grandpa Tangent whyyyyyyyyyyyyy is there always such self hating homoeroticism in Dick Francis s books Why is there always a dashing gentleman who the hero is blatantly infatuated with in this case, movie star Nash who is unconvincingly tossed aside in the final chapter so that the protag can end up with an underwritten wisp of girl I mean, am I reading this wrong Nonetheless, I quite liked the premise of Wild Horses it s a st...Another exciting and fast paced racing related mystery from Francis Wild Horses takes us to the world of film making where our hero Thomas Lyon is directing a film based on a book based on a 26 year old unsolved murder in the racing world Thomas is having problems with the writer who feels his story has been changed too much and soon also finds the film and himself getting threats On the other side, a friend of his family Valentine who Thomas has lately been reading to dies leaving Thomas Another exciting and fast paced racing related mystery from Francis Wild Horses takes us to the world of film making where our hero Thomas Lyon is directing a film based on a book based on a 26 year old unsolved murder in the racing world Thomas is having problems with the writer who feels his story has...As with all Dick Francis thrillers, this book did not disappoint So many authors over use violence, making it commonplace Francis has always been able to bring a few violent acts down to a point that is personel, and scary The reader is never numb to the pain and terror of even small injuries I suppose Francis had enough run ins with injuries as a jockey to give him this edge But the next important step that Francis takes is to develope villians that are personal in nature as well These ar As with all Dick Francis thrillers, this book did not disappoint So many authors over use violence, making it commonplace Francis has always been able to bring a few violent acts down to a point that is personel, and scary The reader is never numb to the pain and terror of even small injurie...1 Jan 199815 Sep 2016Yet another female victim dead for the thinnest of reasons ever, that is to say, a starting point for the plot And the victim is a young woman who owns her sexuality And the hero once again falls for an inappropriately young woman in a creepy way And another woman is mocked for her feminism I love it despite all those issues It does evoke movie making fairly well, as well as the remarkable changes of the twentieth century Maybe it s just nostalgia, but there are certai 1 Jan 199815 Sep 2016Yet another female victim dead for the thinnest of reasons ever, that is to say, a starting point for the plot And the victim is a young woman who owns her sexuality And the hero once again falls for an inappropriately young woman in a creepy way And another woman is mocked for her feminism I love it despite all those issues It does evoke movie making fairly well, as well as the remarkable changes of the...I have devoured many a Dick Francis novel in my life, but I was very surprised and turned off by the twisted nature in the solving of the mystery I ve loved almost all of the Francis novels I ve read, and liked the rest However, this one left a bad taste in my mouth It was a bit too deviant for me I also felt that all the connections were a bit too convenient Everyone of importance is magically connected, and it felt a bit contrived Up until the last bit, I enjoyed it enough, but wouldn t I have devoured many a Dick Francis novel in my life, but I was very surprised and turned off by the twisted nature in the solving of the mystery I ve loved almost all of the Francis novels I ve read, and liked the rest However, this one left a bad taste in my mouth It was a bit too deviant for me I a...Not my favorite of Francis, books yet the story and like able protagonist drew me in.I ve enjoyed many of Dick Francis s mysteries over the years, although I haven t yet included all of them in my Goodreads listings They are usually interesting, quick reads I do not tend to read them as analytically as some of the other reviewers seem to All ...Actual edition I used Audio book read by Simon Jones, presented by Simon Schuster Inc I tried this audio book over the weekend and I liked the experience I ve been hesitant to try it because I figured me for a touch, feel, smell, curl with a paper book kind of gal Same reason I m hesitant to try Kindle and the sort I did try ebook reading from my computer and that went alright That s only because I wanted to get through the book to read the sequel Anyway, the audio experience was Actual edition I used Audio book read by Simon Jones, presented by Simon Schuster Inc I tried this audio book over the weekend an...Wild Horses is one of my favourite Dick Francis novels I had not read it in a long time, and was a bit afraid that I wouldn t enjoy it as much now as I did as a teen, but I was pleasantly surprised This novel deals with the world of horse racing as all or nearly all Dick Francis s novels do but also with film making The narrator, Thomas Lyon, is an ex amateur jock...

Wild Horses
  • English
  • 18 August 2017
  • Paperback
  • 352 pages
  • 0425196747
  • Dick Francis
  • Wild Horses