Even Money
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4.1 • 76 Ratings
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
In the fast-paced world of horse racing and high-stakes betting, Ned Talbot, a small-time bookmaker on the verge of throwing in the towel, is about to face his biggest gamble yet.
When a man claiming to be his father, long thought dead, appears out of the blue and is then murdered, Ned feels compelled to find out exactly what is going on. But the more he discovers, the longer the odds become for his survival.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The third collaboration between bestseller Francis and son Felix (after Silks), a taut crime thriller, features an especially sympathetic hero. Bookmaker Ed Talbot is struggling with his wife's mental illness, even as technology threatens to give the big bookmaking outfits an insurmountable advantage over his small family business. Soon after a man shows up at Ascot and identifies himself as Ed's father, Peter, whom Ed believed long dead, a thug demanding money stabs Peter to death. Ed is in for even more shocks when he learns his father was the prime suspect in his mother's murder and that Peter's killing, rather than a random act of violence, may be linked to a mysterious electronic device used in some horse-racing fraud. Ed must juggle his amateur investigations into past and present crimes with his demanding family responsibilities. Though some readers may find the ending overly pat, the authors make bookmaking intelligible while easily integrating it into the plot.
Customer Reviews
Even Money
Loved it! This was my fourth or fifth Felix/ dick Francis book. All have been exciting, quick reads, perfect for the summer. Lots of racetrack info that I never knew. Very fun.
Even Money
another wonderful racing story from Dick Francis
Even Money
Great writing but several typos (or digital artifacts) have made a few bits hard to make out. Now I discover in ch. 13 that some of the story is missing. The section begins mid-sentence with no idea how much is missing. Very frustrating.