Crisis

Harrison Foster is a crisis manager who is summoned to Newmarket after a fire in the Chadwick Stables kills six valuable horses, including the favorite for the Derby. He is thrust into the world of Thoroughbred racing, where the care of the equine stars is far higher than that of the humans who attend to them. The Chadwick family is a dysfunctional racing dynasty, with resentment between the generations and sibling rivalry bubbling away. Harry represents the Middle-Eastern owner of the Derby favorite and ignites a fuse that blows the volcano sky-high, putting him in grave jeopardy. Felix Francis' resolution is darker and more shocking than his father would have contemplated, reflecting grittier times and changing tastes in fiction.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 432 pages
\n Publication date: 30 May 2019
\n Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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Felix Francis' novels are a thrilling read that grabs you from the very first page. Jilly Cooper's 'From winning post to top of the bestseller lists' Sunday Times praises Harrison Foster's work as a crisis manager for a London firm specializing in such matters. When Foster is summoned to Newmarket after a fire in the Chadwick Stables kills six valuable horses, including the short-priced favorite for the Derby, Harry (as he is known), he discovers there is more to the fire than meets the eye. Human remains are found among the equestrian ones in the burnt-out shell, and all the stable staff are accounted for, so who is the mystery victim?

Harry knows very little about horses, and he positively dislikes them, but he is thrust unwillingly into the world of Thoroughbred racing, where the standard of care for the equine stars is far higher than that of the humans who attend to them. The Chadwick family is a dysfunctional racing dynasty, with the emphasis being on the nasty. Resentment between the generations is rife, and sibling rivalry bubbles away like volcanic magma beneath a thin crust of respectability.

Harry represents the Middle-Eastern owner of the Derby favorite, and as he delves deeper into the unanswered questions surrounding the horses demise, he ignites a fuse that blows the volcano sky-high, putting him in grave jeopardy. Can Harry solve the riddle before he is overcome by the toxic emissions from the eruption and is bumped off by the fallout?

'As usual with a Francis, once I opened the book, I didn't want to put it down.' Felix's resolution is darker and more shocking than his father would ever have contemplated, but it reflects grittier times and changing tastes in fiction. Now, what will happen to Harry?

\n Weight: 302g\n
Dimension: 197 x 134 x 27 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781471173141\n \n