Odds Against (Sid Halley #1)
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Odds Against (Sid Halley #1)

Paperback – January 1, 1996

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Price
$18.01
Format
Paperback
Pages
240
Publisher
Pan MacMillan
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0330105972
Dimensions
4.33 x 0.79 x 6.97 inches
Weight
7.3 ounces

Description

About the Author Dick Francis wrote more than forty international bestsellers and was widely acclaimed as one of the world’s finest thriller writers. His awards included the Crime Writers’ Association’s Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to the genre, and an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Tufts University of Boston. In 1996 Dick Francis was made a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master for a lifetime’s achievement and in 2000 he was awarded the CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Sadly he died in 2010.

Features & Highlights

  • “Another of Dick Francis’s superb racing thrillers. Fast plot, breathtaking finale, authentic background.”—
  • Daily Telegraph
  • Sid Halley, champion jockey, had to give up racing when his hand was smashed. But his next job brings him a bullet—right in the middle of his chest. As he would soon discover, life as a private eye could get a lot worse...
  • Especially when a ruthless property dealer has plans for Seabury racetrack. Plans that have nothing to do with racing and everything to do with conspiracy and violence. The kind of plans that set high odds against a novice detective staying alive...

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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Great beginning to his trilogy!

I have searched high and low for this book for years before I finally found it online - for some reason it seems to have gone out of print and every copy at the library is always checked out! It's the beginning to his Sid Halley trilogy - the only trilogy ever done by Dick Francis. Great book, although I do believe he re-used some of the elements in other books - or I read the book a long, long time ago and don't remember. As always, Francis leaves you guessing until the end! He is one of the few authors I have found that I cannot always predict who did it and why - the reasons are almost as great as the person who did it! Definitely recommend it, as I do with all of his books - and this series just gets better!
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Enjoyed reading

Dick Francis is my favorite author. I always enjoy his books. He is not too gritty and has a wonderful sense of humor. I am reading a John Sandford book now and is seems dry and unpleasant after Odds Against.
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