{"product_id":"high-stakes-9781405916738","title":"High Stakes","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Dick Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA classic mystery from Dick Francis, the champion of English storytellers. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When inventor Stephen Scott abruptly fires his winning trainer Jody Leeds, the racing world is shocked and disgusted - though not quite as angry as Leeds, who swears revenge on his former friend.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e But Steven is convinced that Leeds has been stealing from him - and worse - and felt he had no choice. And when Leeds decides to enact his vengance, Steven finds out just what a nasty piece of work he really is.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Because now Steven is not only in fear of losing everything - but also his life. Somehow, he must prove to the world that Leeds is a vicious crook - or die trying . . .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Dick Francis: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e '\u003c\/b\u003eAs a jockey, Dick Francis was unbeatable when he got into his stride. The same is true of his crime writing' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e '\u003c\/i\u003eDick Francis's fiction has a secret ingredient - his inimitable knack of grabbing the reader's attention on page one and holding it tight until the very end' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e '\u003c\/i\u003eThe narrative is brisk and gripping and the background researched with care . . . the entire story is a pleasure to relish' \u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e '\u003c\/i\u003eFrancis writing at his best' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e '\u003c\/i\u003eA regular winner . . . as smooth, swift and lean as ever' \u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 'A super chiller and killer' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Dick Francis was one of the most successful post-war National Hunt jockeys. The winner of over 350 races, he was champion jockey in 1953\/1954 and rode for HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, most famously on Devon Loch in the 1956 Grand National. On his retirement from the saddle, he published his autobiography, The Sport of Queens, before going on to write forty-three bestselling novels, a volume of short stories (Field of 13), and the biography of Lester Piggott. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e During his lifetime Dick Francis received many awards, amongst them the prestigious Crime Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to the genre, and three 'best novel' Edgar Allan Poe awards from The Mystery Writers of America. In 1996 he was named by them as Grand Master for a lifetime's achievement. In 1998 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 2000. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Dick Francis died in February 2010, at the age of eighty-nine, but he remains one of the greatest thriller writers of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45047202447511,"sku":"9781405916738","price":959.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781405916738.webp?v=1769219934","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/high-stakes-9781405916738","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}