High Stakes Mass market paperbound - 2006

Details

• Title High Stakes
• Author Dick Francis
• Binding Mass Market Paperbound
• Edition Reissue
• Pages 291
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher Berkley Publishing Group
• Date April 4, 2006
• ISBN 9780425209141 / 0425209148
• Weight 0.32 lbs (0.15 kg)
• Dimensions 6.78 x 4.22 x 0.81 in (17.22 x 10.72 x 2.06 cm)
• Ages 18 to UP years
• Grade levels 13 - UP
• Reading level 830
• Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Horse racing
• Dewey Decimal Code FIC

"Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop."—Chicago Tribune

"Francis captures our attention and holds us spellbound...All the breathless pace we have come to expect of this superb writer."—The New York Times Book Review



"Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure, inventive menace."—Boston Herald



"[The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills."—Newsday



"Each Francis novel seems to be his best."—The Sunday Oklahoman



"Few writers have maintained such a high standard of excellence for as long as Dick Francis."—The San Diego Union-Tribune



"It's either hard or impossible to read Mr. Francis without growing pleased with yourself: not only the thrill of vicarious competence imparted by the company of his heroes, but also the lore you collect as you go, feel like a field trip with the perfect guide."—The New York Times Book Review



"One of the most reliable mystery writers working today...Francis's secret weapons are his protagonists. They are the kind of people you want for friends."—Detroit News and Free Press



"[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries."—The Wall Street Journal



"A rare and magical talent¡Kwho never writes the same story twice."—The San Diego Union-Tribune



"For more than 30 years, Dick Francis has been mystery's Gibraltar, a sturdy rock in stormy straits. Nobody executes the whodunit formula better."—Chicago Sun-Times