Dick Francis wrote more than 40 international best-sellers. His first book was his autobiography The Sport of Queens, for which he was offered the aid of a ghostwriter, which he spurned. The book's success led to his becoming the racing correspondent for London's Sunday Express newspaper, and he continued in that job for 16 years. He set his first thriller, Dead Cert, published in 1962, in the world of horse racing, establishing a specialized niche for his work. Subsequently, he regularly produced a novel a year for the next 38 years, missing only 1998. Slay-Ride is a classic mystery from Dick Francis, the champion of English storytellers. The story starts at a full gallop with a vivid depiction of the opening scene of the narrator David Cleveland, an investigator with the British Jockey Club, and his contact in Norway. What at first appears to be the theft of the day’s take at the turnstiles of one of Norway’s racetracks and the disappearance of Bob Sherman, a British steeplechase jockey riding for a Norwegian racehorse owner, nearly costs David Cleveland his life. Naturally, Bob Sherman is the prime and only suspect for the robbery. The investigation by the Norwegian Jockey Club had not turned up the whereabouts of Bob Sherman in three weeks. The Chairman of the Norwegian racecourse telephoned for a British Jockey Club investigator. David Cleveland sent himself. Listen online to free English audiobook "Slay-Ride” on our website to experience Dick Francis's novel.
