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High Stakes
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Awful Recording Spoilt the Story
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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.
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- By Mrs Archdeacon on 12-04-16
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Twice Shy
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Poor narration
- By Simon Evers on 17-05-13
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Bonecrack
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Violence suddenly takes the lead in the life of Neil Griffon. Following a grisly accident that lands his father in the hospital, Griffon finds himself in charge of his father's stables. Before he has a chance to get his bearings, he is brutally assaulted and abducted. The price for his freedom will mean the betrayal and deception of those who trust Griffon most.
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Excellent Book
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Flying Finish
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Henry Grey doesn't particularly care for having been born the heir to an earldom. he is a reserved young man whose greatest problem is his mother's match-making plots and whose greatest joy is to ride as an amateur steeplechase jockey. But on a sudden impulse, he throws in his respectable desk job to join a firm which transports racehorses all over the world.
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believable story line
- By Amazon Customer on 15-05-12
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Reflex
- By: Dick Francis
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- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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Jockey Philip Nore is no ordinary hero. When Nore began to suspect that a track photographer's fatal accident was really murder, he sets out to discover the truth and to trap the killer. Slowly, he unravels some nasty secrets involving corruption, blackmail and murder – and unwittingly sets himself up as the killer's next target.
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It's an automatic reflex to read a Dick Francis bo
- By m on 08-07-13
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Trial Run
- By: Dick Francis
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- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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Randall Drew is prevented from carrying on with his career in steeplechasing by poor eyesight. Restless and unsure of his future but pursuing an ardent love affair, he does not welcome an invitation to go to Moscow on a delicate investigation, but irresistible pressure is hard to refuse. A mysterious entity, "Alyosha", is threatening a royally-connected candidate for the Moscow Olympic Games; the candidate may be vulnerable to scandal which could set off intolerable diplomatic conflicts.
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Russia revisted
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Whip Hand
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Sid Halley had one good hand and another made of metal. Five hundred pounds of horse had landed on him, directly ending his career as a brilliant jockey - and indirectly ending his marriage to the woman he loved. He had become a private investigator, quite a good one, though his new life could never erase the haunting memories of his past glories.
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enjoyable
- By Amazon Customer on 01-12-15
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Nerve
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Despair, suicide, and obsessive hatred, mixed well with humor, love, and horses, brew up into the story of a battle between one man's nerve and another man's cunning. Robert Finn, steeplechase jockey, finds himself the focus of a malicious campaign which is also afflicting his friends. He sets out to discover its source, and remove it.
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Superb description of racing
- By Simon Evers on 25-01-09
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Enquiry (Unabridged)
- By: Dick Francis
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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Jockey Kelly Hughes and trainer Dexter Cranfield had been barred from racing – a devastating event for them both. The charge at the secret enquiry? Throwing a race for personal profit. It was a vicious frame-up and, worse, they had nowhere to turn to clear their names. Still Hughes refused to take the phony verdict lying down – even though his quest to clear his name might have him lying down permanently.
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First past the post
- By Rogayah on 29-07-16
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Blood Sport
- By: Dick Francis
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- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
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Gene Hawkins, investigator by trade, was expert at arranging events so that they appeared accidental to all involved. Therefore, when he himself witnessed an ‘accident’ his curiosity flared up bright, and he insisted on looking into what he regarded as a work of art. A quarter of a million pounds worth of Derby-winning stallion had vanished into the Blue Grass of Kentucky... and a young man and a girl spent a dangerous afternoon in a punt on the River Thames.
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blood sport
- By Mrs on 26-05-18
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The Danger
- By: Dick Francis
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- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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A beautiful Italian girl driving home in an open top sports car, a little boy playing on a South Coast beach and the senior steward of the Jockey Club on his way to a press reception in Baltimore. One after the other they suffer the same nightmare ordeal - kidnapping. But there is one thing connecting these particular cases. For the Italian girl is a jockey, and the little boy an only son of a racehorse owner.
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Audio file FAULTY - at least one chapter totally missing
- By Bootie Boot on 08-05-18
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Banker
- By: Dick Francis
- Narrated by: Tony Britton
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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Tim Ekaterin's merchant bank, like all banks, only invests in sure things. Now he's about to involve it in ₤5 million of prime horseflesh, a stallion called Sandcastle. Top breeders reckon it's the safest bet in racing. But racing doesn't just attract the money men of the city. It's riddled with all kinds of dubious dealmakers. People who don't think twice about breaking bones. People to whom no bet is safe until it's paid in blood, Ekaterin's blood.
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Excellent
- By David on 18-08-07
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The pleasure of a day at Sandown is spoiled for Steven Scott when he sacks his trainer, a one time friend whom he suspects is a crook. Racing may have its rewards, but as Scott finds out not all of them are innocent, or legal.
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- Frances
- 21-06-09
Old Favourite
I have always loved this book and it was a joy to become reaquainted via audio book. Tony Briton is an excellent voice artist and manages the wide range of accents required admirably. The characters are very real and like all Francis characters from a wide range of backgrounds. Like most of his earlier works the action is set mainly in the racing world but most of the principal characters come from outside that world which makes it all the more interestin. I know lots of people that don't try Dick Francis because they are not interested in horses. Don't let that stop you. The book is about people, their strenths and weeknesses, their virtues and their flaws. The horses are part of the scenery and the plot but knowledge of and interest in horses is not required to enjoy this book. Of cours, if you like the horses than that's a bonus. Very compulsive listening and a good introduction to Dick Francis if you have not read him before.
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- D Newton
- 29-12-16
very bad sound quality
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
This book although dated in a number of ways, was good, but due to the very poor sound quality left me feeling that I wish i hadn't bothered with it. there is tape hissing noises, fuzzy narrative and gaps
If you’ve listened to books by Dick Francis before, how does this one compare?
lf the sound quality wasn't so annoying i would have kept the book
What aspect of Tony Britton’s performance might you have changed?
Tony Britton's performance was spoiled by recording quality normally i find him a great narrator.
Did High Stakes inspire you to do anything?
Yes, return this version and look forward to buying a new recorded version
Any additional comments?
please Audible fix quality so i can buy this again
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- bran
- 22-08-17
Excellent
first class narrator who enhanced the story and brought the characters to life. loved it
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- Grumpy pensioner 🤔
- 27-05-17
Nothing but the best
Yet another first class read about the world of racing and intrigue ,Tony Britton excels with his input of different voices.
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- Knucklebones
- 15-04-17
Good sound & story but awful woman's voice
Happily the publishers have cleaned up this recording so as at April 2017 it's fairly flawless.
'High Stakes' is a pretty good story of a rich toymaker who's invested in horseflesh but has finally realised that his trainer has been fleecing him for years. The racing world turns against him when he sacks the trainer, and he finds it difficult to fight back against the ensuing slander and subsequent crooked dealings. The storyline is fairly gripping with interesting characters, although the final twists and turns are a bit predictable.
What spoils this reading is Tony Britton's utter inability to do women's voices - they're always delivered in an alarming falsetto which breaks the concentration. Luckily in this story there's only one woman (the love interest), who's absent for much of the time, so if you can grind your teeth and put up with it then this recording is bearable. It would be better, though, if the publisher could find a much younger voice actor to re-record the Francis canon - and one who can do women's voices too!
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- Mr A W NORTON
- Sherborne
- 17-05-16
very good enjoyable all the way through with lots
very good enjoyable all the way through with lots of twist and great details well read
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- Eileen
- 06-12-15
Really good story
Thoroughly enjoyed this story .. One of my favourites.
Highly Recommended Good start and continues as a vey good story
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- Darren
- 07-02-15
Another excellent Francis novel
Whether you are already a fan or are new to Dick Francis novels you are sure to like this one. Tony Britton brings all the characters to life with a wonderful performance.