Crisis

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New York Times bestselling author Felix Francis returns with his newest edge of your seat horseracing thriller in the Dick Francis tradition.Harrison Foster, a crisis manager for a London firm, is summoned to Newmarket after a fire in the Chadwick Stables kills six very valuable horses, including the short priced favorite for the Derby There is far to the simple fire than initially meets the eyefor a start, human remains are found among the equestrian ones in the burnt out shell All the stable staff are accounted for, so who is the mystery victim Harry knows very little about horses, indeed he positively dislikes them, but he is thrust unwillingly into the world of thoroughbred racing, where the standard of care of the equine stars is far higher than that of the humans who attend to them.The Chadwick family is a dysfunctional racing dynasty Resentment between the generations is rife and sibling rivalry bubbles away like volcanic magma beneath a thin crust of respectability.Harry represents the Middle Eastern owner of the Derby favourite and, as he delves deeper into the unanswered questions surrounding the horse s demise, he ignites a fuse that blows the volcano sky high Can Harry solve the riddle before he is bumped off by the fallout New Download Crisis By Felix Francis For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I would like to thank Netgalley and Simon Schuster UK Fiction for an advance copy of Crisis, a stand alone novel set in Newmarket, featuring lawyer turned crisis manager, Harrison Harry Foster.When a fire at the Chadwick training yard kills Derby favourite, Prince of Troy, and several other horses its owner, Sheikh Karim, asks Simpson White Consultancy and specifically Harry to protect his interests in the matter and find out who killed his horses In Newmarket, knowing nothing about hor I would like to thank Netgalley and Simon Schuster UK Fiction for an advance copy of Crisis, a stand alone novel set in Newmarket, featuring lawyer turned crisis manager, Harrison Harry Foster.When a fire at the Chadwick training yard kills Derby favourite, Prince of Troy, and several other horses its owner, Sheikh Karim, asks Simpson White Consultancy and specifically Harry to protect his interests in the matter and find out who killed his horses In Newmarket, knowing nothing about horses or racing, Harry s task getsdifficult when human remains are found in the fire debris and the Chadwicks prove less than open.I thoroughly enjoyed Crisis which is an exciting thriller with plenty of twists and turns There are no surprises in the format with a straightforwar...Many thanks to NetGalley for an advance copy of this novel Harrison Foster is a crisis investigator for a London firm The agents travel anywhere in the world to mitigate problems In this case, a fire at a race horse barn in Newmarket causes Harrison to be sent north to represent Sheikh Karim, the owner of two dead horses, one which was favoured to win the Derby Harrison has no knowledge of racing or of horses He meets Oliver Chadwick and his three sons, all involved in training and riding r Many thanks to NetGalley for an advance copy of this novel Harrison Foster is a crisis investigator for a London firm The agents travel anywhere in the world to mitigate problems In this case, a fire at a race horse barn in Newmarket causes Harrison to be sent north to represent Sheikh Karim, the owner of two dead horses, one which was favoured to win the Derby Harrison has no know...It was my ex husband that got me reading Dick Francis and I have to say that this is probably one of the few positive things that came out of the marriage I then went on to binge all that I had missed and gobbled up every new one that was released And then we moved on to collaborations with Felix and now, finally, Felix s solo books And I have to say that the transition has almost been seamless...A superbly written and thoroughly enjoyable thriller in the absolute best of the Francis tradition The author weaves a tantalizing tale of family dynamics and drama around the horseracing world in his own unique, wordsmithy way The protagonist is profoundly likeable and the plot engaging, as he goes about his business in an unlikely career, logically and painstakingly solving a complex puzzle filled with strange events, alarming moments, and strong personalities.Interestingly, as the tale turn A superbly written and thoroughly enjoyable thriller in the absolute best of the Francis tradition The author weaves a tantalizing tale of family dynamics and drama around the horseracing world in his own unique, wordsmithy way The protagonist is profoundly likeable and the plot engaging, as he goes about his business in an unlikely career, logically and painstakingly solving a complex puzzle filled with strange events, alarming moments, and strong personalities.Interestingly, as the tale turns inevitably darker andtroubling, the mood is offset by several laugh out loud and lighter moments The characters are well drawn, each fascinating in his or her own way, the bits of historical trivia interesting, and I confess a little romance on the ...An amazing horse racing based thriller by Felix Francis He is certainly doing his father proud and keeping up the family tradition of producing great books I love legal thrillers so this book particularly appealed to me as the main character is a lawyer who is appointed by a horse owning Sheikh to get to the bottom of a what happened to cause a fire in which one of his horses died.Full of intrigue and drama and enough twists and turns to keep me guessing as to the outcome.Would certainly recom An amazing horse racing based thriller by Felix Francis He is certainly doing his father proud and keeping up the family tradition of producing great books I love legal thrillers so this book particularly appealed to me as the main character is a lawyer who is appointed by a horse owning Sheikh to get to the bottom of a what happened to cause a fire in which one of his horses died.Full of intrigue and drama and enough twists and turns to keep me guessing as to the ou...This book is back to form after the last disaster This one has echoes of previous Dick Francis books especially Danger.The main character is good and the storyline Some bits are meant to keep you guessing I could do without all the romance It adds nothing...Really good I enjoyed the narrator and the occupation was new and interesting The plot worked well, although I had worked out a bit of it before the protagonist did Kept my interest but was also an easy read And I liked the bit of romance that was thrown in, a bitthan I ve read in his recent books.I have read all of the Dick Francis books and have been slow to find the books of his son, Felix, as appealing However, with this book, I feel Felix has reached his highest level yet This book not only contains a good mystery but also has horse racing as i...I have enjoyed the Dick Francis novels since their inception and I am pleased that Felix has taken on his father s mantle As always Crisis makes a great read There are twists and turns to the plot which keep the pages turning and I learnt a few new ...as usual, the plotline holds water and my interest, but the writing is painfully pedestrian and the romance excruciatingly substandard at least dick francis knew himself well enough to keep romance to a minimum in his marvelous books ...

Crisis
  • 18 January 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 384 pages
  • Felix Francis
  • Crisis