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Book SynopsisDiscover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time
''Keeps you enthralled all the way through'' 5***** Reader Review
''Full of intrigue from start to finish. Another Dick Francis success'' 5***** Reader Review
''Edge-of-your-seat reading'' 5***** Reader Review
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Ex-steeplechaser Randall Drew is reluctantly off to pre-Olympic games Moscow, as a favour to royalty. One of the blue bloods is destined to compete in the games and there are concerns - both of safety and of scandal - that only Drew, with his racing connections, can clear up.
On arriving - speaking no Russian and wishing he were back home - Drew is supposed to identify and contact one Alyosha to clear up the scandal. Instead, he finds himself tailed by the KGB and embroiled in foiling a terrorist plot - or die trying.
Home seems an awful long way away - and if he''s not careful, he''ll be going back in a box .
Trade Review
Unbeatable * Daily Mirror *
Dick Francis's fiction has a secret ingredient - his inimitable knack of grabbing the reader's attention on page one and holding it tight until the very end * Sunday Telegraph *
A neat and nasty, all-too-plausible plot * Financial Times *
