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| Title | : | Whip Hand (Sid Halley #2) |
| Author | : | Dick Francis |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | June 7th 2005 by G.P. Putnam's Sons (first published January 1st 1969) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Thriller. Crime. Mystery Thriller. Animals. Horses. Suspense |
Dick Francis
Paperback | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 4.1 | 5683 Users | 189 Reviews
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"Challenging....First class."THE BALTIMORE SUN
Sid Halley, once a jockey, was now a private invesigator with only one good hand left after a horse fell on the other. His new life, though, could never erase the haunting memories of his past glories. But it was only when the wife of one of England's top trainers came to beg his help in preventing foul play at the race track that Sid Halley began to know what being haunted really was....
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| ISBN: | 0425203549 (ISBN13: 9780425203545) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Sid Halley #2 |
| Characters: | Sid Halley |
| Literary Awards: | Edgar Award for Best Novel (1981), CWA Gold Dagger Award for Fiction (1979) |
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Ratings: 4.1 From 5683 Users | 189 ReviewsCrit Out Of Books Whip Hand (Sid Halley #2)
An award winning Francis mystery, Whip Hand is not like many of the Francis books Ive read recently in that the largest majority of the book revolves around the horse racing world. Francis has a knack for involving horse racing in his stories, but many, if not most of the stories also included some details about a job, a hobby, technology, business operations, or some other aspect outside of racing that is key to the story. This one is most all racing related, with a bit of a side focus on aWhat is there to say about Dick Francis? As I think about all of his books (yes, this review covers all of his books, and yes I've read them all) I think about a moral ethical hero, steeped in intelligence and goodness embroiled in evil machinations within British horse racing society - either directly or indirectly. The heroes aren't always horse jockies, they can be film producers, or involve heroes engaged in peripheral professions that somehow always touch the horse racing world.But more
Sid Halley,the ex-jockey with an artificial hand,is a Francis favourite appearing in several of his books.Whip Hand feels like a formula novel,horses not running well and plenty of violence and threats directed at Halley.This theme of torture is part of many a Francis novel.The most interesting part for me was Halley's adventure in a hot air balloon.
Dick Francis is a sadly-missed favorite author, especially his knack for snappy relevant titles, and fascinating a non-horse reader (me). Hero Sid loses the use of his hand in the series, at least once a villain tortures him in his weakest limb. Ouch. I still get the shivers remembering.
Listening to this book was like watching the famous race where Francis was riding Devon Loch, leading the pack the whole way, only to have the horse inexplicably fall under him during the run-in to the winning post. Nothing proved to be wrong with the horse after the race, and the fall remains a mystery. This book is like that.Ex-jockey, now detective Sid tries to save his wife from going to jail and find out why a certain trainer's horses all seem to run lacklustre races when they are tipped as
Note GR description states: (first published January 1st 1969). this is not correct as book was first published in 1979, must be a typing error.
The protagonists in Dick Francis novels rarely ever made repeat appearances, but one of the exceptions is Sid Halley who we see for the second time in Whip Hand. Halley is a former jockey whose career was ended when a horse rolled over on him, crushing his left hand. The hand was ultimately amputated and he now has a prosthesis. But it's impossible for him to continue riding under these circumstances.Halley has thus become a private investigator and, not surprisingly, a number of his cases
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