Dick Francis's Gamble - Felix Francis [0]
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
EPILOGUE
BY DICK FRANCIS AND FELIX FRANCIS
BY DICK FRANCIS AND FELIX FRANCIS
Crossfire
Even Money
Silks
Dead Heat
BY DICK FRANCIS
Under Orders
Shattered
Second Wind
Field of Thirteen
10 Lb. Penalty
To the Hilt
Come to Grief
Wild Horses
Decider
Driving Force
Comeback
Longshot
Straight
The Edge
Hot Money
Bolt
A Jockey’s Life
Break In
Proof
The Danger
Banker
Twice Shy
Reflex
Whip Hand
Trial Run
Risk
In the Frame
High Stakes
Knockdown
Slay Ride
Smokescreen
Bonecrack
Rat Race
Enquiry
Forfeit
Blood Sport
Flying Finish
Odds Against
For Kicks
Nerve
Dead Cert
The Sport of Queens
(Autobiography)
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Francis, Felix.
Dick Francis’s gamble / Felix Francis.
p. cm.
ISBN : 978-1-101-52925-6
1. Jockeys—Fiction. 2. Investment advisors—Fiction. 3. Horse racing—
Betting—Fiction. 4. Murder—Investigation—Fiction.
I. Francis, Dick. II. Title.
PR6056.R273D
823’.914—dc22
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For my granddaughter
Sienna Rose
With thanks to my cousin
Ned Francis,
financial adviser
And the offices of
Calkin Pattinson and Company Ltd
And to Debbie,
as always
1
I was standing right next to Herb Kovak when he was murdered. Executed would have been a better word. Shot three times from close range, twice in the heart and once in the face, he was almost certainly dead before he hit the ground, and definitely before the gunman had turned away and disappeared into the Grand National race-day crowd.
The shooting had happened so fast that neither Herb nor I, nor anyone else for that matter, would have had a chance to prevent it. In fact, I hadn’t realized what was actually going on until it was over, and Herb was already