Comeback
- ISBN-10
- 1405916869
- ISBN-13
- 9781405916868
- Series
- Comeback
- Category
- Race horses
- Pages
- 416
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-09-11
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Author
- Dick Francis
Description
Foreign Office diplomat Peter Darwin is England, back to his childhood home of Gloucestershire. But instead of a pleasant trip down memory lane, Peter finds himself coming to the aid of a veterinary surgeon whose operating theatre is rapidly turning into an abattoir. In fact a string of valuable racehorses have suffered unexplained deaths, and the police are baffled. When Darwin looks into the mystery he finds that his connections - and his memories - help him uncover criminal activities that stretch back all the way to his childhood. But the more Darwin uncovers, the closer he gets to a killer who just can't stop . . . A classic mystery from Dick Francis, the champion of English storytellers. 'The finish had me sweating.' Evening Standard
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