Come to Grief (Sid Halley, #3)

Posted on 17 June 2017 by Dick Francis

When ex jockey Sid Halley becomes convinced that one of his closest friends and one of the racing world s most beloved figures is behind a series of shockingly violent acts, he faces the most troubling case of his career. Best Read [ Come to Grief (Sid Halley, #3) ] author [ Dick Francis ] – kino-fada.fr What is there to say about Dick Francis As I think about all of his books yes, this review covers all of his books, and yes I ve read them all I think about a moral ethical hero, steeped in intelligence and goodness embroiled in evil machinations within British horse racing society either directly or indirectly The heroes aren t always horse jockies, they can be film producers, or involve heroes engaged in peripheral professions that somehow always touch the horse racing world.Buttha What is there to say about Dick Francis As I think about all of his books yes, this review covers all of his books, and yes I ve read them all I think about a moral ethical hero, steeped in intelligence and goodness embroiled in evil machinations within British horse racing society either directly or indirectly The heroes aren t always horse jockies, they can be film producers, or involve heroes engaged in peripheral professions that somehow always touch the horse racing world.Butthan that, Francis s heroes are rational human beings The choices made are rational choices directed by a firm objective philosophy that belies all of Francis s novels The dialogue is clear and touched with humor no matter the intensity of evil that the hero faces The hero s thoughts reveal a vulnerability that is touching, while his actions are always based on doing the right thing to achieve justice Causing the reader to deeply care about the characte...I love Dick Francis books and tales of the racing world and thoroughly enjoyed this one too.Come to Grief by Dick Francis describes the final result everyone mourns many lost lives, friendships, loyalties I had this friend, you see, that everyone loved I thought narrator Sid was starting with his previous case, but no, the friend and connected relationships parents, social group, public are the current problems We wait pages for friend Lochinvar s real name, and...Continuing my self challenge to read all the Edgar Award winners for Best Novel, I ve come to 1996 s winner, Dick Francis s Come to Grief I m sure it will make my 10 Best list for 2009.It seems odd to me that Dick Francis, who normally sticks to standalones, has won two of his three Edgars for Best Novel with books in his all too brief Sid Halley series Come to Grief is the last of them, an unusually structured book which, while losing none of the suspense Francis excels at, also adds new dept Continuing my self challenge to read all the Edgar Award winners for Best Novel, I ve come to 1996 s winner, Dick Francis s Come to Grief I m sure it will make my 10 Best list for 2009.It seems odd to me that Dick Francis, who normally sticks to standalones, has won two of his three Edgars for Best Novel with books in his all too brief Sid Halley series Come to Grief is the last of them, an unusually structured book which, while losing none of the suspense Francis excels at, also adds new depth to the character of steeplechase jockey turned private eye Halley.As the book opens, a trial is about to begin the trial of Halley s longtime friend and fellow jockey Ellis Quint, now a TV presenter, for a series of horrifying and unusual crimes Sid Halley is one of the chief witnesses for the prosecution In the rest of the book, we see how Halley rea...This was truly a trashy mystery novel The worst part was, it wasn t even entertaining The crime was absurd cutting off a horse s leg and Francis tries to make you care about it by throwing in a sappy story about a little girl with leukemia The plot is just poorly put together and equally strange, and you re asked to just take for granted that the criminals are crazy and not question their motivations beyond that The detective has a prosthetic hand and is supposedly famous yet he s always d This was truly a trashy mystery novel The worst part was, it wasn t even entertaining The crime was absurd cutting off a horse s leg and Francis tries to make you care about it by throwing in a sappy story about a little girl with leukemia The plot is just poorly put together and equally strange, and you re asked to just take for granted that the criminals are crazy and not question their motivations beyond that The detective has a prosthetic hand and is supposedly famous yet he ...I love Dick Francis s books The Sid Halley books are the only series that he wrote All the rest of his books are stand alone All of his books involve horses, many of them are set in the racing worldparticularly jump races In this book, someone is cutting off the left front hoof of young horses The mother of a little girl with cancer hires Sid to find out who is doing it His relationship with the little girl is really great Sid was injured in a racing accident and eventually lost his h...I m not sure Francis wanted to return to Sid Halley, yet somehow maybe felt he mustThe third Sid Halley book and further demonstration of what a great character Francis created tough, resilient and unyielding but capable of fear and uncertainty inside A plot driven by the trial of an old friend accused of...This was my first Dick Francis and after a bit of a slow beginning it was enjoyable.This was a bit different than many of the other Francis mysteries that I have read And not for the better First, part of the Francis method is to have the story s hero face physical distress Here, our detective is beaten in the first 10 pages Sid Halley, former jockey turned detective, is handicapped with a missing hand And as in the earlier two Sid Halley stories, he faces the prospect of injury to his remaining hand Francis writ...

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17 June 2017

Dick Francis