The Danger by Dick Francis - 1983

nbsp;London - Michael Joseph, 1983 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition.. This is a lovely first edition copy in a dustwrapper. A beautiful Italian girl driving home in an open top sports car, a little boy playing on a south Coast beach and the Senior Steward of the Jockey Club on his way to a press reception in Baltimore. One after the other they suffer the same nightmare ordeal - kidnapping. But there is one thing connecting these particular cases. For the Italian girl is a jockey and the little boy an only son of a race horse owner. A picture of the person behind this interanational chain of crime starts to emerge - a lover of Verdi, a man with a cool and calculating brain and an aficionado of the racing world. Andrew Doublas, brought in to advise and help the vicitms and their families, proceeds with all his customary diplomacy and courage. Only to find himself playing a dangerous part: the role usually reserved for his clients. . . Dick Francis is a former National Hunt jockey. Condition: There is very slight wear to the extremitiesand the internalpages are bright and clean. The dustwrapper has not been price-clipped. Overall, the condition of this book isnear finein a fine dustwrapper..