{"product_id":"9780718193171-bloodline","title":"Bloodline","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Mark Shillingford commentates on a race in which his twin sister Clare, an accomplished and successful jockey, comes in third, he can't help but be suspicious. As a professional race-caller, he knows she should have won. Did she lose on purpose? Was the race fixed? Why on earth would she do something so out of character?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBloodline\u003c\/i\u003e is the new Dick Francis novel from bestseller, Felix Francis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhen Mark Shillingford commentates on a race in which his twin sister Clare, an accomplished and successful jockey, comes in third, he can't help but be suspicious. As a professional race-caller, he knows she should have won. Did she lose on purpose? Was the race fixed? Why on earth would she do something so out of character?   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat night, Mark confronts Clare with his suspicions, but she storms off after an explosive argument. It's the last time Mark sees her alive. Hours later, Clare jumps to her death from the balcony of a London hotel . or so it seems.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDevastated by her death, and almost overcome with guilt, Mark goes in search of answers.  What led Clare to take her own life?  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOr was it not suicide at all .?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFelix Francis is the younger son of thriller-writing legend, Dick Francis, with whom he co-wrote the four most recent Dick Francis Novels, \u003ci\u003eDead Heat, Silks, Even Money\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCrossfire\u003c\/i\u003e, with Felix taking an increasingly greater role in the writing. Sadly Dick died in February 2010 but his work will live on through Felix. \u003ci\u003eGamble\u003c\/i\u003e was Felix's first solo Dick Francis Novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the Dick Francis novels:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'The Francis flair is clear for all to see' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'The novel confirms Francis's seat at the head of crime fiction' \u003ci\u003eRacing Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'From winning post to top of the bestseller list, time after time' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFelix trained as a physicist and spent seventeen years teaching A level physics before taking on the role as manager to his father, and then as author. He lives in Oxfordshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31702958866529,"sku":"9780718193171","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32397773.jpg?v=1737227978","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780718193171-bloodline","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}