num_pages: 287
description: With Field of Thirteen, Dick Francis takes on his biggest challenge yet. In this superbly crafted collection of short stories -- many of them new and never before published -- the settings range from a spring race meeting at Cheltenham, where a middle-aged owner falls hopelessly in love with her jockey, to a running of the Grand National interrupted by a bomb scare, to the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, where demon drink and wilting willpower take their toll. Dick Francis's fans have a wonderful treat in store -- thirteen tightly-knotted plots to marvel at, thirteen sets of classic Francis characters to admire, and thirteen stings of the tail to gasp over. Field of Thirteen proves Dick Francis is as much the master of the short story as he is of the novel.Notes on the racecard --Raid at Kingdom Hall --Dead on red --Song for Mona --Bright white star --collision course --Nightmare --Carrot for a chestnut --Gift --Spring fever --Blind chance --Corkscrew --Day of the losers --Haig's death
language: English
title: Field of Thirteen
titlecomplete: Field of Thirteen
genres: Suspense, Crime, Detective, Horses, Short Stories, Thriller, Fiction, British Literature, Mystery, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 2831
publisher: Putnam