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Dead Heat

By: Dick Francis
Narrated by: Felix Francis, Tony Britton
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The night before the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket sees the great and the good of the horse-racing community gathered for a prestigious black-tie Gala dinner. It is a fitting testament to the glamour of the occasion that top chef Max Moreton is cooking the evening's meal.

Founder of the racing town's favourite Michelin-starred restaurant, the Hay Net, Max is something of a celebrity in Newmarket circles. However, spending the night retching in the throes of agony is the last thing Max expects. But much worse is to come ... his food is suspected of putting twenty-four of the dinner guests in hospital. Max's pride and professionalism tells him all is not as it seems.

Within hours, Max's restaurant is forcibly closed, his reputation teeters on the brink of ruin, and a court case looms. But the day is far from over, and soon Max Moreton finds himself desperately fighting for more than just his livelihood ...

©2007 Dick Francis (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd. Crime Thrillers Genre Fiction International Mystery & Crime Literary Fiction Mystery Sports Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Racing

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An enjoyable story perhaps spoilt somewhat by an unlikely climax. I suspect multimillionaire baddies rarely personally attend retribution scenes!

Usual descriptive detail in a well-crafted story.

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Very enjoyable book dick Francis at his best. Lots of twists and turns and exciting dialogue.

Great story

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I couldn’t put it down. Love the plot and the story lots of interesting information.

I really like the reader s

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I always enjoy Dick Francis books a great read ..never fails to give you a great page turner

great really loved it..

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Loved the story. One of his best. Great plot, different to most of his books..

Another great

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As Always Tony Brittons narration is excellent as is the story. Dick Francis is one of my favourite authors. Detail and excitement.

A good listen

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another truly enjoyable Francis creation, characters brought to life by the excellent narrator Tony Britton

Brilliant

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narrator is too old for the characters. plot development too slow. gets its pace on the second half

Not the best

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Sounds like an interesting scenario, but witten without any depth of insight into the restaurant business, and far far too slow in getting anywhere. Also Tony Britton is far too old to take on this role of a late-20s energetic chef. Gone are the amusing and entertaining characterisations of earlier Francis readings, and instead we're given a very downbeat exhausted rendering. I managed just over 2 hours of it before returning the title. Not recommended.

Slow cooking not worth the wait

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A great story by Dick Francis but ruined by the narrator. Every character sounds 80 and he seems to have 2 accents only, a plum in the mouth or a cockney equivalent.
I doubt Audible even bothers about reviews but
Please re do this entire series!

Another spoiled by narrator

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