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| Original Title: | Decider |
| ISBN: | 042519938X (ISBN13: 9780425199381) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Dick Francis
Paperback | Pages: 341 pages Rating: 4 | 4252 Users | 195 Reviews
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Architect Lee Morris inherits a partial ownership in the Stratton Park racecourse--and with it, a dangerous position among the warring upper-class family trying to settle its fate. Morris would like to see the course restored to its former grandeur, but the various Stratton heirs have plans of their own. When an explosion rocks the grandstands, the disagreement turns violent--and Morris finds himself in a race to save himself and his family from an unknown culprit...
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| Title | : | Decider |
| Author | : | Dick Francis |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 341 pages |
| Published | : | December 7th 2004 by G.P. Putnam's Sons (first published October 14th 1993) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Thriller. Suspense |
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Bettie's BooksWhat is there to say about Dick Francis? As I think about all of his books (yes, this review covers all of his books, and yes I've read them all) I think about a moral ethical hero, steeped in intelligence and goodness embroiled in evil machinations within British horse racing society - either directly or indirectly. The heroes aren't always horse jockies, they can be film producers, or involve heroes engaged in peripheral professions that somehow always touch the horse racing world.But more
Francis writes about horse racing, thats well known. But his recipe for a book is to also mix in one or two other topics, like glass blowing or computer viruses or movie making. These extra topics flesh out the characters and differentiate the stories, and Im sure Francis enjoyed researching these extra bits. Sometimes it takes some reflection to figure out the topics, often it doesnt. This one certainly had the role of an architect/builder as a key part of the story. The architect is our
Oh, how I love a Dick Francis novel! I'd not read this one before, so it was a treat. Lee Morris is a builder. An architect by education, he prefers to work alone. So, he finds ruined buildings (in England) and painstakingly rebuilds them. He also owns 8 out of 100 shares in a racecourse, which he inherited from his mother. A married father of 6 sons, he takes 5 of them with him during Easter break and looks for a ruin for his next project, planning on stopping by the stockholders meeting of the
There are books that readers cannot put down, and there are some books that readerscannot get through a chapter without stopping. Decider, by Dick Francis, is in the middle groundof those two books. This mystery book was published in 1993, and it puts a spin on horse racing.Decider is a mystery about a family trying to figure out what to do with an old racecourse. Whenthe stands mysteriously blow up, the family tries to figure out who blew up the stands. Decider isa good book because of the
Lee Morris is the kind of guy youd want for a friend. Hes self-assured in many ways, physically strong and mentally at the top of his game. Lee makes a living by prowling around Britain scouting out old ruined buildings and businesses he can remodel, restore, and revitalize.Lee shares his house with his wife, Amanda, and six boys. Hes a good dad despite the coldness and apathetic distance of the marriage, which is crumbling and dying not from verbal abuse so much as from a lack of love and
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