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  • Published: 27 August 2014
  • ISBN: 9781405916929
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $29.99

Twice Shy




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

Physics teacher (and crack shot) Jonathan Derry is given some unusual tapes to look after by a friend. They hold a computer programme which functions as a bookie-breaking betting system.
When Jonathan's friend is killed in a suspicious explosion and two thugs turn up at his house waving guns and demanding the tapes, Jonathan realises that he's been handed a whole lot more trouble.
Jonathan knows he won't be left alone unless he gives them what they want. However, he decides to play his own game. After all, he's a crack shot. He can look after himself - can't he?

  • Published: 27 August 2014
  • ISBN: 9781405916929
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $29.99

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 Twice Shy

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