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Blood Sport
Blood Sport
Author: Dick Francis
ISBN-13: 9780449212622
ISBN-10: 0449212629
Publication Date: 1/12/1988
Pages: 309
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 37 ratings
Publisher: Fawcett
Book Type: Paperback
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Attempted murders on the Thames and on the ranch, death in the Blue Grass country of Kentucky, three stallions hi-jacked, blackmail, burglary and budding devices from dashboard to powder room.
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This is the 1975 copy of this book. Gene Hawkins sleeps with a Luger under his pillow and lives four flights up so people will be short of breath when they get to him. He has a dangerous profession that he refers to as anti-infiltration: interfering with the planting of spies in certain government offices and research labs.

He never minds taking chances, because he's clinically depressed anyway. If he dies on the job, he figures it'll save him the bother of shooting himself one of these days.

He's just the man for an impossible assignment, and his boss hands him one: find Chrysalis, a stallion worth £500,000 that just went missing. The owner lost another horse in similar circumstances five years ago, and this time he wants a no-holds-barred search. Insurance investigators and policemen don't get results.

Gene's hunt takes him across the ocean to a Kentucky stud farm, a Wyoming dude ranch and an eerie Arizona dessert. Although lonely and miserable, Gene has a wry sense of humor that keeps his depression from being a burden on the people he meets. He attracts friends and stirs up women, especially the ones he doesn't dare sleep with.

Blood Sport is another great adventure from one of my favorite writers. I turn to Dick Francis whenever I want a sure thing.
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Another absolutely entrancing Dick Francis story about horse racing. Even if you don't care a hoot about horse racing (and I don't except when I'm reading Dick Francis), this story will fascinate you. He's a master.
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When English agent Gene Hawkins told his boss he'd forego his vacation to search for millionaire Dave Teller's prized missing stallion, he didn't know his retainer would include the attentions of his boss's beautiful daughter--or Teller's seldom sober wife. Nor did he know that a trail from London to New York to Las Vegas to Califonria would eventually lead to murder....
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ENGLISH AGENT GENE HAWKINS TOLD HIS BOSS HE WOULD FOREGO HIS VACATION TO SEARCH FOR MILLIONAIRE DAVE TELLER'S PRIZED MISSING STALLION. HE DID NOT KNOW THE HIS RETAINER WOULD INCLUDE THE ATTENTION OF HIS BOSS'S BEAUTIFUL TEENAGE DAUGHTER-OR TELLER'S SELDOM SOBER WIFE OR THAT A TRAIL FROM LONDON TO NEW TORK TO LAS VEGAS TO CAILFORNIA WOULD LEAD EVENTURALLY TO MURDER.
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Dick Francis is in top form in this novel. The main character's struggle with depression complicates his investigation into some prime bloodstock horses that have been stolen and his attempts to recover them. The insurance investigator from the insurance company is at first adversarial but becomes a friend as the story continues. Worth a read!
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Another Dick Francis dynamo.
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A book about horseracing. And the corruption with very expensive stallions.