Richard Stanley Francis was a British crime writer. During the Second World War, Francis volunteered, hoping to join the cavalry. Instead, he served in the Royal Air Force, working as ground crew and later piloting fighter and bomber aircraft, including the Spitfire and Hurricane fighters, and the Wellington and Lancaster bombers. After leaving the RAF in 1946, Francis became a highly successful jockey, reaching celebrity status in the world of British National Hunt racing. He won over 350 races, becoming a champion jockey in the 1953–54 season. All his novels deal with crime in the horse-racing world, with some of the criminals being outwardly respectable figures. Blood Sport is a classic mystery from Dick Francis, the champion of English storytellers. Gene Hawkins was invited on a family boat trip up the Thames by his boss. Gene Hawkins, a British Investigator, was on vacation or he was until his boss asked him to help find Dave Teller's missing Thoroughbred stallion Chrysalis. Hawkins agrees because he has nothing better to do than sit around and be depressed. Keeble didn't fraternize with his employees unless he wanted something. But before the afternoon was out Gene's survival skills were called on closer to home. He gets more action than he bargained for from a group of horse thieves who want to put Hawkins out to pasture, permanently… You can listen online to free English audiobook “Blood Sport” by Dick Francis on our website.
