Crisis is one of Felix Francis' continuations of his father's (Dick Francis) horse themed mysteries. I've read a lot of the Felix one and enjoyed most of them, including this one.
Crisis is on sale right now for $1.99, which is the first time I've noticed it on sale in the US.
Kindle US:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079R6QW8P
Kindle US/Smile:
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B079R6QW8P
Kobo US:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/crisis-31
Spoiler:
Quote:
New York Times--bestselling author Felix Francis returns with his newest edge-of-your-seat horseracing thriller in the Dick Francis tradition.
Harrison Foster, a crisis manager for a London firm, is summoned to Newmarket after a fire in the Chadwick Stables kills six very valuable horses, including the short-priced favorite for the Derby. There is far more to the "simple" fire than initially meets the eye...for a start, human remains are found among the equestrian ones in the burnt-out shell. All the stable staff are accounted for, so who is the mystery victim?
Harry knows very little about horses, indeed he positively dislikes them, but he is thrust unwillingly into the world of thoroughbred racing, where the standard of care of the equine stars is far higher than that of the humans who attend to them.
The Chadwick family is a dysfunctional racing dynasty. Resentment between the generations is rife and sibling rivalry bubbles away like volcanic magma beneath a thin crust of respectability.
Harry represents the Middle Eastern owner of the Derby favourite and, as he delves deeper into the unanswered questions surrounding the horse's demise, he ignites a fuse that blows the volcano sky-high. Can Harry solve the riddle before he is bumped off by the fallout?
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