Shattered
by Dick Francis | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0515131210 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0515131210 Global Overview for this book
5 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by CandyDarling from Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Saturday, October 2, 2004
Ex library copy.
From Amazon.com:
In his forty-first mystery, Francis introduces a new hero, a professional glassblower, thinly connected to the racing world by the crystal trophies he designs and by his friendship with Britain's top steeplechase jockey. Hero Gerard Logan, however, is very much in the mold of Francis front-runners in his stoicism and resourcefulness. Logan's jockey friend is killed at Cheltenham Races when his horse misses a fence and crushes him to death. Logan, still reeling from shock, has a mystery literally thrust into his hands when his late friend's valet gives him a videotape the jockey claimed could only be seen by Logan. Before Logan can view it, the tape is stolen from his shop in the Cotswolds. It soon becomes evident, as the jockey's home is ransacked and his wife and children gassed unconscious, and Logan's own home is stripped of all videotapes, that this particular tape is a coveted item. Logan is forced into discovering just how valuable the tape is, a search that involves unmasking a corrupt research scientist and, as in all Francis capers, encountering great physical danger. A top-notch thriller, fascinating for both the way it makes the exotic science of glassblowing relevant to solving the mystery and the skill with which Francis injects the ordinary world of the hero with bracing doses of paranoia.
From Amazon.com:
In his forty-first mystery, Francis introduces a new hero, a professional glassblower, thinly connected to the racing world by the crystal trophies he designs and by his friendship with Britain's top steeplechase jockey. Hero Gerard Logan, however, is very much in the mold of Francis front-runners in his stoicism and resourcefulness. Logan's jockey friend is killed at Cheltenham Races when his horse misses a fence and crushes him to death. Logan, still reeling from shock, has a mystery literally thrust into his hands when his late friend's valet gives him a videotape the jockey claimed could only be seen by Logan. Before Logan can view it, the tape is stolen from his shop in the Cotswolds. It soon becomes evident, as the jockey's home is ransacked and his wife and children gassed unconscious, and Logan's own home is stripped of all videotapes, that this particular tape is a coveted item. Logan is forced into discovering just how valuable the tape is, a search that involves unmasking a corrupt research scientist and, as in all Francis capers, encountering great physical danger. A top-notch thriller, fascinating for both the way it makes the exotic science of glassblowing relevant to solving the mystery and the skill with which Francis injects the ordinary world of the hero with bracing doses of paranoia.
Journal Entry 2 by CandyDarling from Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Thursday, November 25, 2004
Mailed today as a RABCK to Luz-de-Luna in Greece. Enjoy!
Thank you, [CandyDarling]! I may take some time to read this (really high TBR pile), but you can be sure your book will keep on travelling! Greetings from Greece!
I've just finished reading this and, I must say, I truly enjoyed it!!! It was an exciting page-turner! Wouldn't it be lovely if we saw it turned into a movie, one day? :D
Best wishes to all!
Best wishes to all!
Journal Entry 5 by Luz-de-Luna at Post Office in RABCK, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (5/24/2005 UTC) at Post Office in RABCK, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases
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Mailed to someone special, who's been very kind to me in the past... ;-)
Thank you! Enjoy!
((((((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))) from Greece!
Mailed to someone special, who's been very kind to me in the past... ;-)
Thank you! Enjoy!
((((((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))) from Greece!
I received this book as a surprise RABCK. Thanks you so much! It goes on my TBR pile.
Sending to my stepfather in Brantford
Sending this to my mom this weekend. I think she's going to like it. He's one of her favourites.
