Slay Ride.

Slay Ride. by Dick Francis. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780330519199.

Francis at his best ... with plot and character beautifully interwoven, sex and violence, revelation and mystery superbly blended Sporting Life David Cleveland is looking forward to Norway. A change of scenery, an old friend and a straight-forward looking case. An English jockey has gone missing; and so have the racecourse takings. It all looks so simple until a dead body turns up ... unannounced. The Racecourse Committee fields questions like some Norwegian Politburo and the only answers Cleveland gets are violent ones ... from a gang of professional killers. So, with maverick Marxist Erik Lund playing minder, he constructs a trap for his would-be assailants ... with himself as bait. About The Author: Dick Francis has written forty-one international bestsellers and is widely acclaimed as one of the worlds finest thriller writers. His awards include the Crime Writers Associations Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to the crime 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 lifetimes achievement and in 2000 he recieved a CBE in the Queens Birthday Honours list.