Flying Finish (Francis Thriller)

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Item despatched quickly and as described, but damaged in transit due to plastic wrap packaging being inadequate protection. He wants to be appreciated for his competence, and he is, in fact, highly but believably competent: he's a skilled amateur steeplechase jockey and a skilled amateur pilot, so you can see why he'd like this new job, even though the pay is terrible. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). In this particular story, I enjoyed the novice-landing-a-plane-he's-not-prepared to line, one I always seem to appreciate. His co-workers are a rough and tumble lot and when one of them finds out Henry is an aristocrat he sets out to make Henry's life hell.

Before long, Henry will discover that something very odd is going on in the horse transport business, and his discovery could well cost him his life. The winner of over 350 races, he was champion jockey in 1953/1954 and rode for HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, most famously on Devon Loch in the 1956 Grand National.It also stands out because the character of Henry goes though a believable character change and arc. Christi is really good this morning and we are just about to trot up in beautiful sunshine in Pau and feeling very relaxed". The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

It takes a little while for the plot to get going, but soon Henry clues in: there's something Yardman Transport is doing that isn't on the up-and-up. I liked the way Henry matures and learns to open himself up to others; by the end he is a changed man. He is a reserved young man whose greatest problem is his mother's match-making plots and whose greatest joy is to ride as an amateur steeplechase jockey. When you choose a Work of Art from ArtParkS you have the confidence that the work has been selected by ArtParkS’s selectors and will be despatched direct from the Artist‘s studio or Foundry only after it has been scrutinised by their quality control process.Obviously, though, the employer has never read a Dick Francis novel and doesn't know the kind of man he's really dealing with here. He was a young rider of distinction winning awards and trophies at horse shows throughout the United Kingdom.