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Title: Shattered by Dick Francis ISBN: 0-515-13121-0 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 05 September, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 (56 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: ANOTHER PLEASANT RUN AROUND THE TRACK
Comment: As a mystery writer with my first novel in its initial release, I am literally amazed by every new mystery from Dick Francis. Even though SHATTERED may be his last book, Mr. Francis has not lost his touch in over forty full-length works. All of his standard elements are here. There is the horse racing backdrop. There is a decent man who finds himself forced into reluctant heroism. There is evil that must be defeated. In SHATTERED, Mr. Francis introduces us to glass-blowing. Gerard Logan is a close friend of Martin Stukely, a jockey who died in a bad fall a Cheltenham. Gerard is beaten terribly in his glass-blowing studio. A gang is responsible. The gang includes the daughter of the late Martin's valet, and they are convinced that Gerard has in his possession a video tape. The gang is willing to kill Gerard to get the tape. The story flows from there, and it features a fine romance between Gerard and a policewoman. SHATTERED is a winner. I hope Mr. Francis writes forty more novels, though we all doubt if he now will. If SHATTERED is the end of his career, he has ended on top.
Rating: 4
Summary: Another solid entry from Dick Francis
Comment: Dick Francis doesn't change much, and thank goodness.
His hero, though never the same name, is always the same person. He is always mid - thirties, quiet, competent, moral, and full of steely resolve. Gerard Logan is all of these, and one thing more - he blows glass for a living.
Of course, as always, there is a race track tie in. This story includes what Hitchcock used to call "The McGuffin" - the thing that everyone in the story wants but the audience doesn't much care what it is. In this case the McGuffin is a video cassette given to Logan by the valet of jockey who has just been killed in a race. The tape is therafter stolen from Logan's shop, but several nasty types don't believe it and want Logan to give the tape to them.
The plot is simple, as it usually is with Francis, but the smooth writing, well etched characters, and wonderful inner voice of the protagonist always make Francis a pleasure to read, and this is one is no exception. And details about glass blowing make this one extra fun.
Rating: 3
Summary: Failed to hold my attention too often
Comment: I'm not a huge mystery reader but do enjoy listening to them on my long drive to and from work. This unabridged audiobook had my attention, lost it, gained it backed and would then lose it again. Could be my distracted mind or it could be that it was just wasn't an interesting mystery? That said, there were several things to like. The protagonist Jarrod, an accomplished glassblower, was enjoyable ~ he's this regular guy with a very interesting (to me) profession who finds himself accosted by dangerous types and suddenly smack dab in the middle of mystery concerning a missing video cassette tape. His character and that of his off beat co-workers and surrounding support system were interesting and the detailed look into the world of professional glassblowing was fascinating. Unfortunately, the facts surrounding the missing tape and the sleuthing that follows to discover what the tape contains just didn't hold my attention and I repeatedly found myself drifting off into my own little world and having to rewind the tape during these sections. Maybe a true mystery aficionado would appreciate this one more than I.
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Title: Risk by Dick Francis ISBN: 044922239X Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 04 December, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Odds Against by Dick Francis ISBN: 0515125512 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 03 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Second Wind by Dick Francis ISBN: 0515129232 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 03 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Enquiry by Dick Francis ISBN: 0515128678 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 30 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: To the Hilt by Dick Francis ISBN: 0515121487 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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