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  • Published: 27 August 2014
  • ISBN: 9781405916714
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $24.99

Bolt




The classic mystery tale from legendary crime writer Dick Francis, in a stunning new paperback package.

Jockey Kit Fielding's patron, Princess Casilia, is in trouble. Her invalid husband is being threatened by a ruthless business partner who wants to use the firm to manufacture arms. At the same time, some of the Princess's best horses are being killed - shot by a bolt.
The only person the Princess can turn to is Kit - but he has his own problems. Between riding winners (and saving his impending marriage) Kit has somehow to find out and stop who is slaughtering the horses.
But, as he's about to discover, the killer has more than horses in his sights.

  • Published: 27 August 2014
  • ISBN: 9781405916714
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $24.99

About the author

Dick Francis

Dick Francis has written forty-one novels, a volume of short stories (Field of 13), his autobiography (The Sport of Queens) and the biography of Lester Piggott. He is justly acclaimed as one of the greatest thriller writers in the world.

He has received many awards, amongst them the prestigious Crime Writers Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to the genre, and the Mystery Writers of America have given him three Edgar Allen Poe awards for the best novel of the year, and in 1996 made him a Grand Master for a lifetime's achievement. He was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2000.

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Praise for Bolt

A regular winner . . . as smooth, swift and lean as ever

Sunday Express

As a jockey, Dick Francis was unbeatable when he got into his stride. The same is true of his crime writing

Daily Mirror