Twice Shy

Name: Twice Shy
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Dick Francis
ISBN: 9780330269186

Dick Francis

04/06/2010
Pan Books

NC (0 avis)

Couverture de Twice Shy par Dick Francis

Résumé

Présentation de l'éditeur When physics teacher Jonathan Derry is unwittingly given some computer tapes containing a bookie-breaking betting system, his sharp-shooting abilities come in extremely handy against the thug who comes looking for them. Fourteen years later, Jonathan's brother William is about to fall victim to the same thug. But this time, William is determined to play a cautious and crafty game. After all, once bitten . . . 'An extraordinary thriller . . . Evil is real here. Nails are for biting' Evening Standard Biographie de l'auteur Dick Francis wrote more than forty international bestsellers and was widely acclaimed as one of the world’s finest thriller writers. His awards included the Crime Writers’ Association’s Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to the 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 lifetime’s achievement and in 2000 he was awarded the CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Sadly he died in 2010.