Even money
By: Dick Francis and Felix Francis
Contributors: Francis, Felix
Publisher: Large Print Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 530
ISBN-13: 9781594134067
Subjects: Death; Fathers; Horse racing; Royal Ascot; Bookmakers (Gambling); Fiction
Description: As bookie Ned Talbot counts his losses after a winning day for gamblers at the Royal Ascot Racecourse, a man comes to him, claiming to be his father. Ned, who's always been told that his parents died when he was a baby, has trouble accepting the man's claims. But when the man is stabbed in the abdomen in the racecourse's parking lot shortly thereafter, Ned rushes to his side. The man's last words spur Ned into a race to uncover the truth about his father, a race that may cost him his life.
Notes: Originally published: Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, 2009.