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Driving Force by Dick Francis is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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From Publishers WeeklyFrancis's first-rate thriller about the British horse-racing scene--a 10-week PW bestseller--portrays a former steeplechase jockey who learns that his horse transportation firm is implicated in a drug smuggling operation. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. From School Library JournalYA-- From the first paragraph, the action grabs readers and plunges ahead like one of the thoroughbreds that is such valuable secondary characters in every Francis novel. As usual, a particular aspect of the British racing industry is carefully profiled, in this case the job of transporting horses. Former jockey Freddie Croft is the owner of just such a business, and must confront the discovery that his vans have been used for some very unusual smuggling. Freddie discovers two separate plots to victimize race horses through disease; along the way a bit of romance begins to enrich his life, a trusted employee is murdered, computer files are wiped out, and a malicious villain destroys Freddie's home with an ax. Clues abound, with those needed to solve the mystery satisfyingly mixed in with enough red herrings to keep readers happily guessing. Additional plot enrichment is
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- Author
- Dick Francis
- Publisher
- Rebound by Sagebrush
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 3.93 / 5 (2,371 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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