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by David J Miller
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by S. Stansfeld Sargent
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by Joseph Louis
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by John Wesley Howard
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Flying Finish
by Dick Francis
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Armchair Detective Library (1991-10)
ISBN: 1562870130
EAN: 9781562870133
Hardcover: 307 pages
SKU: mon0000046831
Condition: Like New
Comments: PLEASE NOTE: Like New Appears Unread. First Armchair Detective Library Edition: October 1991. Special Collectors Edition w/o dj as issued. Cover is Blue with picture of author in insert on front cover. Trim is silver. Light blue marbled end pages. Hard Cover.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Henry Grey was considered hard to get along with. But he knew a change of job was all he needed. No more part-time office work/amateur jockey races for him. So he took a new job, air- transporting racehorses to change his luck and see the world. But he saw something quite unexpected in the cargo hold....
"The best thriller writer going."
ATLANTIC MONTHLY
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Customer Reviews
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Flying
Rating  (5)
Date: 2004-04-16
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I loved this book, exciting from beginning to end, and thought the villains were particularly well-done!
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A good early Francis novel
Rating  (4)
Date: 2001-09-05
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a novel about another of Francis' lonely heros, caught between social classes and fairly mysterious to most of those who know him. This one ends up having a fairly riveting story, with genuinely unpleasant villains. as with most of Francis' heros, he is deceptively stubborn and survives hideous experiences to bring things to a safe conclusion. This one, however, leaves some loos ends hanging. We are lefft wondering what will happen to his Italian girlfriend (characteristically, for this hero, they are instantly in love but can't speak the same language, so there is a distance between them, as there is with the rest of the hero's family and acquaintances) and what choices he will make about the rest of his life.
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Francis at his worst
Rating  (1)
Date: 2000-10-09
2 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
I've read most of Francis' stories and have enjoyed almost all of them. Flying Finish is the exception. All Francis books require the reader to suspend belief. But this one is far-fetched and totally unbelievable. A very disappointing read.
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Never give in!
Rating (5)
Date: 1999-01-28
4 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
Excuse my poor English, I am the Ukrainian. I was overjoyed to read this book. The main lesson that man have to learn is how to resist to the deadline and what is the vigour exactly.
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