Other vels include the huge bestsellers Dead Heat, Under Orders and Silks. Packed with intrigue and hair-raising suspense, Flying Finish is just one of the many blockbuster thrillers from legendary crime writer Dick Francis. Either he turns detective or his own disappearance could be next.

Then Grey discovers that both his predecessors also went missing in curious cirmcumstances - and begins to doubt the wisdom of his career change. That is, until a horse unexpectedly dies in transit and a colleague vanishes.

And when he meets the glamorous Gabriella in Italy, he is sure he's hit the good life. Amateur jockey Lord Henry Grey decides on a whim to join the bloodstock market, transporting racehorses around the world. You can listen online to free English audiobook “Flying Finish” by Dick Francis on our website.Flying Finish is a classic vel from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time. Before long he finds himself tangled up in a scandal that could put his very life in danger and finds that those he believed to be his allies are aiming to end his life before the plane he's on ever hits the ground. When employees of the horse transporting agency begin disappearing Grey inquires into their disappearances. Henry Grey, an English duke, becomes bored with his lifestyle and, much to his parents' disgust, take a job transporting racehorses by air in addition to taking flying lessons and being a horse jockey on weekends. Francis’s fifth novel Flying Finish features amateur jockey, semi-professional pilot, and in-flight horse-transport supervisor, Henry Grey. 'People say they can't put my books down, and so they read them in one sitting of four hours.' Francis has been long accustomed to celebrity as a British sports star, but today he is a worldwide phenomenon, having been published in 22 languages. In 1996 Dick Francis was made a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master for a lifetime's achievement and in 2000 he received a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. His awards include the Crime Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to the crime genre and an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the Tufts University of Boston. Dick Francis is widely acclaimed as one of the world's finest thriller writers.

Flying Finish by Dick Francis