Risk: A Classic Racing Mystery from the King of Crime

Dick Francis, the bestselling master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.When he wakes in a pitch black room with his hands bound, Roland Britten, accountant and champion steeplechase jockey, knows he's entered a nightmare of someone else's making.

Wracking his brain to figure out who is out to get him and why, he comes up empty, but somehow manages a death defying escape.

It isn't long though before he's recaptured. Now, with his life at stake, he must take every risk to outsmart his well disguised enemy and save himself.

Praise for Dick Francis'Dick Francis is a wonder' Cleveland Plain Dealer'Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop' Chicago Tribune'Francis captures our attention and holds us spellbound all the breathless pace we have come to expect of this superb writer.' NYT Book Review'Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace' Boston Herald'[The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills' Newsday'Each Francis novel seems to be his best.' Sunday Oklahoman'Few writers have maintained such a high standard of excellence for as long as Dick Francis' San Diego Union-Tribune'[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries' Wall Street Journal'Francis is a genius' Los Angeles Times'For more than thirty years, Dick Francis has been mystery's Gibraltar, a sturdy rock in stormy straits.

Nobody executes the whodunit formula better' Chicago Sun-Times'A rare and magical talent who never writes the same story twice' San Diego Union-Tribune