Enquiry

It is a vicious frame-up, and worse, they have nowhere to turn to clear their names. Jockey Kelly Hughes and trainer Dexter Cranfield have been barred from racing--a devastating event for them both. Still, Hughes refuses to take the phony verdict lying down--even though his personal enquiry might have him lying down permanently.. The charge at the secret enquiry? Throwing a race for personal profit

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Amazon Customer said A Perfect Novel Read A Perfect Novel Read 44 years late Amazon Customer I should have read this book when it first came out in 1971. The cover price on a new paperback then was only 95 cents. It was only later that I discovered Dick Francis, whom I now consider to be one of the best mystery/thriller authors ever. To my mind Enquiry captures all the qualities that have since made him one of my favorite of all novelists. His writing is uncluttered and. A Perfect Novel Read 44 years late Amazon Customer I should have read this book when it first came out in 1971. The cover price on a new paperback then was only 95 cents. It was only later that I discovered Dick Francis, whom I now consider to be one of the best mystery/thriller authors ever. To my mind Enquiry captures all the qualities that have since made him one of my favorite of all novelists. His writing is uncluttered and. years late. I should have read this book when it first came out in 1971. The cover price on a new paperback then was only 95 cents. It was only later that I discovered Dick Francis, whom I now consider to be one of the best mystery/thriller authors ever. To my mind Enquiry captures all the qualities that have since made him one of my favorite of all novelists. His writing is uncluttered and. Joseph Boone said Excellent Mystery. The story of Enquiry begins after a jockey, Kelly Hughes, and a trainer, Dexter Cranfield, have been stripped of their licenses and banned from any association with racing. Thanks to a flashback, we learn the hearing was pretty much a kangaroo court and the pair was framed for intentionally throwing a race. Hughes decides to find out what really happened and starts digging into . S. Warfield said Who framed Kelly Hughes and Dexter Cranfield?. In this Dick Francis mystery, jockey Kelly Hughes and trainer Dexter Cranfield are undergoing a closed-door enquiry by the Stewards of racing. The outcome is that both men lose their licenses and are barred from horseracing and also are barred from being around the tracks and the entire racing scene for throwing a race for money, which means that Kelly slowed his horse in order