Come to Grief: By Dick Francis (Unabridged Audiobook 10cds)

One of the best J. W. Kay I've been a Francis fan for many years, initially falling in love with Proof, Straight and Driving Force. I'm gradually catching up with novels that passed me by, thanks to Kindle.Come to Grief has quickly become a favourite, and I ploughed through the whole thing in the space of an afternoon and evening. Compellin. "Best author!!!" according to sklha. I adore all of his books!! :) Wish I could get his earliest books on my Kindle. :( They are some of my favorites. :D. Not what they seem Sid Halley, former champion jockey, looks small, harmless and naive. He's so inconspicuous that you may not even notice he has a prosthetic hand.But in fact, Sid is a brilliant private investigator skilled at espionage, lock picking, computer hacking and judo - a man of action who never shows fear.His good friend E

Sid Halley, the ex-champion jockey turned investigator who appears in Odds Against and Whip Hand, is back and facing new dilemmas and dangers. On the morning set for the opening of the friend's trial, at which Sid is due to be called as a witness, other people's miseries explode and send him spinning into pulverizing days of hard, rational detection, and heart-searching torments. The opening finds him having uncovered an obnoxious crime committed by a friend whom he, and everyone else, has held in affection bordering on love. Troubled, courageous, and unwilling to admit defeat, for Sid Halley it is business as usual.