by Dick Francis, Simon Prebble
1 Jan 199815 Sep 2016Yet another female victim dead for the thinnest of reasons ever, that is to say, a starting point for the plot. And the victim is a young woman who owns her sexuality. And the hero once again falls for an inappropriately young woman in a creepy way. And another woman is mocked f...
Towards the end of the book his hero explains why he's in the entertainment business--a justification for "wasting" his talent/time. He says something like "helping people to find their courage".