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Wild Horses
Dick Francis

Wild Horses

Putnam (Oct 01, 1994)
9780399139741
| Hardcover
319 pages | 147 x 231 mm | English
$ 22.95 | Value: $ 22.95
Dewey MYS F FRA
LC Classification PR6056.R27 .W55 1994
LC Control No. 94027262

Genre

  • Mystery

Subject

  • Detective And Mystery Stories
  • England
  • England - Fiction
  • Horse Racing
  • Horse Racing/ Fiction

Plot

Once a blacksmith, now famous and respected as a newspaperman, Valentine Clark knows everyone who is anyone in the racing world. Aged, confused, blind and dying, he harbors a daunting secret that he is desperate to be rid of. He makes his last confession to his visiting film-director friend, Thomas Lyon, whom in his delirium he mistakes for a priest. Unburdened and at peace, Valentine passes away, yet his legacy remains, guarded by Thomas. On location in Newmarket, Thomas is troubled by the old man's secret. Seeking to understand this puzzling revelation, he uncovers a long-unsolved mystery that he soon finds is very much unforgotten. But as much as he wants to learn more, it seems he already knows too much. Imaginative and decisive though he may be, he will need superhuman courage and extreme cunning to stay alive.