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Risk
- Narrated by: Tony Britton
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
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Summary
When he wakes in a pitch-black room with his hands bound, Roland Britten – accountant and champion steeplechase jockey – knows he’s entered a nightmare of someone else’s making.
Wracking his brain to figure out who’s out to get him and why, he comes up empty, but somehow manages a death-defying escape. It isn’t long, though, before he’s recaptured. Now, with his life at stake, he must take every risk to outsmart his well-disguised enemy and save himself ...
Critic reviews
"Francis is a genius." (Los Angeles Times)
"Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure, inventive menace." (The Boston Herald)
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- Mrs Archdeacon
- 12-04-16
Awful Recording Spoilt the Story
As with many of this series the recording standard is ... rubbish!! I'm sure the story underneath was usual Dock Francis standard. Don't spend the over inflated price for it.
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- "geordiemoozy"
- 23-01-21
Problems with audio seem to be fixed
To start I should say that I was nervous about downloading this one due to many reviews saying parts of the audio were missing, but I was downloading in Jan 2021 and audible must have fixed the download because there was nothing missing here. The track is a little grainy but fine to listen to.
The plot is standard Francis - accountant and part time jockey gets mixed up with some wrong-uns without realising why and then had to fathom out who is behind it all from a cast of half a dozen possibles.
For me, neither his best (I like some of the early ones better like Nerve and For Kicks) or worst (Flying Finish and Rat Race), but somewhere in the middle. Worth a credit and will listen to it again in a few months.
Recording quality ok, narration good, plot decent.
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- PMB
- 18-03-17
Disappointed with quality
What disappointed you about Risk?
I downloaded this twice as I thought the missing chunk was down to a glitch in my download rather than the actual audio book. Having read other reviews I realized that other people had the same problem. This ruined the book for me as it occurred very early on at an important part of the story.
What does Tony Britton bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
I've always enjoyed Tony Britton's readings of the Dick Francis novels, He doesn't impose his own personality on the characters unlike some other actors I've listened to.
You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?
I liked the story but was so unhappy with the production.
Any additional comments?
Somebody ought to listen to the books before they are uploaded to ensure that they are complete!
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- ISAAC
- 06-02-16
Wonderful but...
As always Dick Francis and Tony Britton were wonderful but the quality of the recording was the worst I have heard since I stopped listening to audio cassettes.
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- Kevin Jasper
- 23-06-15
A good performance let down by the sound quality
The sound quality needs to be addressed. The volume is up and down and is not of the same quality expected from Audible.
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- Bootie Boot
- 30-04-15
Audiobook file is faulty - missing a big chunk
What did you like most about Risk?
It's a great book but the audio book has dreadful sound quality and there is a big chunk of the story missing, avoid this version until audible fix it.
Any additional comments?
Too many old recordings like this are being resold as downloadables without any checks on sound quality or continuity. I've had a few faulty files and the quality needs to be improved (sound remastering / qc) before audible sells them. Shame as its a cracking story.
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- C. M. Thomas
- 13-01-15
Great tale. Good mystery and suspense
What did you like best about this story?
Enjoyed the scenarios and the "hero's" relationships with the 2 women were interesting and not entirely predictable.
What about Tony Britton’s performance did you like?
Good at differentiating between the characters
Any additional comments?
Have listened to it several times with much enjoyment
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- Victoria Russell "VJR"
- 22-12-23
Found storyline ver dull.
About 75%of book spent describing the inside of a boat and a van. not a good story very boring. wondered when it was going to get going but it never did
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- Nicola
- 27-09-20
Great story
Unfortunately marred by poor recording - but a great story and excellent narration as usual.
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- Marie
- 13-01-24
love the stories of Dick francis and the reader is amazing
cadence and intonation are always amazing and Tony Britten reads his works with a truly wonderful knowledge of the works
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