{"product_id":"2026200015059-secondhand-whip-hand-rat-race-forfeit-high-stakes-twice-shy","title":"Whip Hand; Rat Race; Forfeit; High Stakes; Twice Shy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew crime writers have carved out a niche as distinctive and enduring as Dick Francis, whose mastery of the racing world transformed the thriller genre. This omnibus edition brings together five of his most celebrated novels — Whip Hand, Rat Race, Forfeit, High Stakes, and Twice Shy — each a self-contained masterwork that plunges a reluctant, morally grounded hero into a web of corruption, greed, and danger set against the high-stakes backdrop of British horseracing.\n\nFrancis writes with the authority of a former champion jockey, rendering the grit, glamour, and criminality of the racing world with forensic precision and quiet tension. His protagonists are not flashy detectives but ordinary men of integrity forced into extraordinary circumstances, and it is their understated resilience — more than any dramatic flourish — that keeps the reader gripped to the very last page. For fans of intelligent, atmospheric crime fiction, this complete and unabridged collection is an essential testament to why Dick Francis remains one of the most compelling storytellers of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203184369883,"sku":"2026200015059-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/32daca08-b376-4c36-b9b4-72d6ceee5e58.png?v=1788145114","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015059-secondhand-whip-hand-rat-race-forfeit-high-stakes-twice-shy","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}