Wild Horses by Dick Francis (1994, Hardcover)

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Narrative Type: Fiction Item Width: 9.3 in Item Weight: 26.1 Oz Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Language: English Item Height: 1.5 in Item Length: 6.3 in Book Title: Wild Horses Type: Novel Author: Dick Francis Topic: Mystery & Detective / General Number of Pages: 318 Publication Year: 1994 height: 1.5 in Format: Hardcover Genre: Mystery, Fiction width: 9.3 in ISBN: 9780399139741

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Wild Horses by Dick Francis (1994, Hardcover). Once a blacksmith, now famous and respected as a newspaperman, Valentine Clark knows everyone who is anyone in the racing world. Aged, confused, blind and dying, he harbors a daunting secret that he is desperate to be rid of. Once a blacksmith, now famous and respected as a newspaperman, Valentine Clark knows everyone who is anyone in the racing world. Aged, confused, blind and dying, he harbors a daunting secret that he is desperate to be rid of. he makes his last confession to his visiting film-director friend, Thomas Lyon, whom in his delirium he mistakes for a priest. Unburdened and as peace, Valentine passes away, yet his legacy remains, guarded by Thomas. On location in Newmarket, Thomas is troubled by the old man's secret. Seeking to understand this puzzling revelation, he uncovers a long-unsolved mystery that he soon finds is very much unforgotten. But as much as he wants to learn more, it seems he already knows too much. Imaginative and decisive though he may be, he will need superhuman courage and extreme cunning to stay alive.