I love most Dick Francis books, but not this one. While most of his books center around horse racing, this one just has it mentioned as an aside, and maybe this is where the book goes wrong. There never seemed to be a single plot, or maybe the plot got diverted on too many tangents. I don't know. A lot was going on in the book, and most of it hardly seemed connected. This book's main character was a meteorologist, and it was well researched, but maybe too well, because it bogged down in places, and a lot of loose threads. Not my favorite. ( )

Weatherman, the kind that researched and reported for the BBC, is the profession du volume in this mystery, and the events are pretty co-incidental and wildly out of the ordinary - and there is no murder being investigated, not that there aren't any attempts. ( )

Have not read Francis in long time but this is certainly not one of his best. Plot is weak and characterizations very shallow which makes for a fairly boring read. ( )

As always, the Dick Francis novels are riveting. I love the way the author's main character is very good at his career and this time, he is a meteorologist. Francis always gives the reader interesting details about the character's career and I love that about his books. This is perhaps the only book of his that I have read that actually has very little about horses. There are some interesting facts about cows. (I know that we as cattle producers usually can't milk one without a stanchion, which happens in this book but that is okay) I love his character development. You really care about almost every one. It is refreshing to find out which ones are good guys and which ones are bad guys, or girls as the case may be. Well done! ( )

Not as absorbing as his other books. And only one left before he starts writing them with his son. Ah, well. All good things come to an end. Hoping the Felix ones are as good as the Richard and Marys. ( )