{"product_id":"longshot-9781405916707","title":"Longshot","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 Life as a writer is colder, hungrier work than John Kendall had bargained for. Not even the survival guides he's written can help him. So when notorious racehorse trainer Tremayne Vickers approaches Kendall to write his biography, it's an offer the impoverished writer can't turn down. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Moving into Vickers' country home, Kendall quickly becomes immersed in his host's lifestyle: riding racehorses, making friends, and getting to know the family. But then a local stable girl is found dead - and the party's over. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e A killer is lurking in the shadows. And Kendall's own survival tips are about to become more useful - and more deadly - than he could ever have imagined . . .\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 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":45084941975703,"sku":"9781405916707","price":560.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781405916707.webp?v=1767637383","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/longshot-9781405916707","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}