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A little behind on noting my recent reads:
Forfeit, by Dick Francis.
Very enjoyable thriller about a horse-racing newpaper correspondent who uncovers a betting scam.
This Scepter'd Isle by Mercedes Lackey and Roberta Gellis
Fantasy about "good elves" and "bad elves" competing to influence the succession to the English throne in the time of Henry VIII. A reasonable story, but the book is overly-long and slow-moving to my mind.
Enquiry, by Dick Francis
Another enjoyable romp by Dick Francis, this time about a jockey who loses his licence to race after being wrongly accused of race-fixing and sets out to prove his innocence.
The Robin and the Kestrel, by Mercedes Lackey
The second in her 4-book "Bardic Voices" series. Enjoyable fantasy about the "free bards" attempt to investigate why the church is branding all non-humans as "evil". Recommended.
Rat Race, by Dick Francis
Yet another racing romp by Francis. This one's about an air-taxi pilot who ferries jockies and racehorse owners around to race meetings, and who stumbles upon a mystery. What I like about Francis is that although all his novels are set in the world of horse-racing, each one looks at it from a different angle. We have books looking at the sport from the viewpoint of jockeys, stable lads, trainers, newspaper correspondents, and now pilots. An excellent author who I'm glad in a way I didn't discover earlier, because now I'm enjoying the works of a prolific author I hadn't read until a couple of months ago!
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