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  • Published: 24 July 2013
  • ISBN: 9780718193171
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $24.99

Bloodline




The new Dick Francis novel from top five bestseller Felix Francis, author of the acclaimed Gamble

When Mark Shillingford commentates on a race in which his twin sister Clare, a successful jockey, comes in third, he can't help but be suspicious. He knows she should have won. Did she lose on purpose? Was the race fixed? Why would she do something so out of character?

That night, Mark confronts Clare with his suspicions, but she storms off after an explosive argument. It's the last time Mark sees her alive. Hours later, Clare jumps to her death from the balcony of a London hotel . . . or so it seems.

Devastated by her death, and overcome with guilt, Mark goes in search of answers. What led Clare to take her own life?

Or was it not suicide at all . . .?

  • Published: 24 July 2013
  • ISBN: 9780718193171
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $24.99

About the author

Felix Francis

Felix Francis is the younger of Dick Francis's two sons. Having spent seventeen years teaching A-level Physics, he took on the role of managing his father's affairs in 1991. Over the last forty years, Felix has assisted with the research of many of the Dick Francis novels, not least Twice Shy, which drew on Felix's experiences both as a Physics teacher and as a marksman, Shattered and Under Orders. With the publication of Dead Heat Felix took on a more significant role in the writing - Silks is the second novel of this father-and-son collaboration.

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Praise for Bloodline

The Francis flair is clear for all to see

Daily Mail

From winning post to top of the bestseller list, time after time

Sunday Times