Crossfire
Fast paced crime thriller from Dick Francis “Crossfire” involving his famous topic — horse racing.
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Tom Forsythe returns from Afghanistan minus one leg, being wounded in the war. He returns to his mom’s place and its myriad horse racing issues. Her mom is being blackmailed by somebody to part with 2000 pounds every week else something will go wrong.
His mom and stepfather are terrified of going to jail and damage to her reputation. She is one of the most renowned horse trainers in the country. Tom sets about finding the truth of the matter and what reveals is murky dealings of tax fraud, investment fraud, murder, deception, scam et al.
Tom deals with his own kidnapping in a deft manner bringing all his soldier training to the fore. One thing leads to another and what comes out in the end is greed and that too by near and dear ones. Dick Francis has added quite a bit of twists and turns to make the story interesting. His narration, as usual, is stupendous. Goodreads 5/5
