{"product_id":"a-dick-francis-novelisbn-9780425234631","title":"A Dick Francis Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Fast-paced, meticulously plotted...Nobody sets up a mystery better than Dick Francis.”—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJump in the saddle with a sure thing. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTravel writer John Kendall travels to England to interview a racehorse trainer. Soon enough, however, Kendall realizes that completing the book will be tricky at best. Because the racehorse trainer he’s tasked with interviewing has something to hide—a secret that could threaten Kendall’s life.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eLongshot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Intelligent, fast-paced.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“One of his most appealing stories ever.”\u003ci\u003e—The Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDick Francis\u003c\/b\u003e was born in South Wales in 1920. He was a young rider of distinction winning awards and trophies at horse shows throughout the United Kingdom. At the outbreak of World War II he joined the Royal Air Force as a pilot, flying fighter and bomber aircraft including the Spitfire and Lancaster.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe became one of the most successful postwar steeplechase jockeys, winning more than 350 races and riding for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. After his retirement from the saddle in 1957, he published an autobiography, \u003ci\u003eThe Sport of Queens\u003c\/i\u003e, before going on to write more than forty acclaimed books, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eEven Money\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSilks\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA three-time Edgar Award winner, he also received the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association’s Cartier Diamond Dagger, was named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, and was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2000. He died in February 2010, at age eighty-nine, and remains among the greatest thriller writers of all time.","brand":"G.P. Putnam's Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303295406309,"sku":"NP9780425234631","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780425234631.jpg?v=1730753779","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-dick-francis-novelisbn-9780425234631","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}