The Edge
by:
Dick Francis (author)
A high-class, transcontinental horse-racing junket should be an idyllic getaway for the super-rich. But one passenger on this train is a sociopath, a genius at blackmail and criminal corruption—and he plans to take everyone for everything they've got.
A high-class, transcontinental horse-racing junket should be an idyllic getaway for the super-rich. But one passenger on this train is a sociopath, a genius at blackmail and criminal corruption—and he plans to take everyone for everything they've got.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780425204399 (0425204391)
Publish date: August 2nd 2005
Publisher: Berkley
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Category:
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Mystery,
Detective,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Animals,
Sports,
Suspense,
Canada,
Horses,
Horse Racing
I generally love Dick Francis, but The Edge disappointed me. I got lost in irrelevant asides, and after 19 chapters, I decided I didn't care whodunnit or what they'd done. I guess I'll never know, and I don't care at all.
Good fun read (provided you like thrillers that centre around horse racing). First published in 1989, so there are elements that haven't aged well but easy to overlook.
This was not one of my favorite Dick Francis novels and it tool me awhile to sort out why. It certainly had all the right components in the protagonist, Tor Kelsey. Orphaned (sort of): check. Average guy with above average talents: check. Instalove with slow build up: check. Clever bad guy: check. ...
4 Jul 19901 Jan 199830 Jul 1998One of my favorite Dick Francis mysteries. I love the whole train trip. And I reread it accordingly. Every so often. And anon. The set up, the scenery, the mystery being acted out. I long to recreate the trip, following up with a cruise to see the whales in Alaska. P...
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