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Bolt
Kit Fielding (Related to this series)
- Author
- Dick Francis
- Narrator
- Simon Prebble
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 29 April 2011
- Run Time
- 8 hours 30 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
leather, and the silken sheen of jockeys’ colors, is a wonderful place to spend a
few hours. Let bestselling, internationally popular author Dick Francis take you to
the immaculate stables of the de Brescou estate, where dark forces are lurking.
Someone is killing the de Brescou racehorses with a “bolt” gun, shooting them
silently, leaving no clues. Before the noble family, which includes his fiancée, is
torn apart, jockey Kit Fielding must find the assassin. There are higher stakes than
the horses, though. The de Brescous could lose control of their family business as
well.
Bolt spent 13 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. From regal countesses
to dapper racing officials, it puts you in the company of truly intriguing characters.
“The plot races along wonderfully well, right up to a jolting twist at the end.”—
Publishers Weekly
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Details
- Author
- Dick Francis
- Narrator
- Simon Prebble
- Duration
- 8 hours 30 minutes
- Release Date
- 29 April 2011
- ISBN
- 9781461810384
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Crime and mystery fiction
Synopsis
The privileged world of horse racing, filled with sleek thoroughbreds, burnished leather, and the silken sheen of jockeys’ colors, is a wonderful place to spend a few hours. Let bestselling, internationally popular author Dick Francis take you to the immaculate stables of the de Brescou estate, where dark forces are lurking. Someone is killing the de Brescou racehorses with a “bolt” gun, shooting them silently, leaving no clues. Before the noble family, which includes his fiancée, is torn apart, jockey Kit Fielding must find the assassin. There are higher stakes than the horses, though. The de Brescous could lose control of their family business as well.Bolt spent 13 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. From regal countesses to dapper racing officials, it puts you in the company of truly intriguing characters. “The plot races along wonderfully well, right up to a jolting twist at the end.”—Publishers Weekly
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