Free Fall: A gripping racing thriller exploring greed in its deadliest form
By (Author) John Francome
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Book Publishing
1st December 2007
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.914
Paperback
480
Width 110mm, Height 178mm, Spine 30mm
300g
John Francome proves again that he's as skilled a writer as he was a jockey with his gripping new thriller.
Jockey Pat Vincent has ambitions to become a wealthy sporting hero. But he knows his dreams will never be fulfilled so he's devised a brilliant new scam which, if he doesn't get caught, is guaranteed to make him rich. Pat's girlfriend Zoe is starting her second full season as an apprentice jockey. She has a chance of becoming champion apprentice, if she's not sidetracked by the disaster of her sister Harriet's unhappy marriage... Along the cliffs in Somerset a man walks his dog. Every day Andy Burns - Pat s partner-in-crime, Harriet's tortured husband - wrestles with his demons. But Andy would be better off keeping his thoughts on the ground - it's a long way down to the beach below.Ex-National Hunt Champion Jockey John Francome is a broadcaster on racing for Channel 4. He lives in Berkshire.