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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Very good. Freddy Croft is a very engaging protagonist. This book got me hooked on DF. ( ) Another great one by Dick Francis. This time the main character is an ex-jockey who manages horse transportation. Freddie's mechanic discovers boxes underneath the transport vans but what is being smuggled? Then the mechanic ends up dead and Freddie nearly so himself. This is one I couldn't put down and it actually relates a little to the pandemic now happening in 2020. Viruses, anyone? Not the best of Dick Francis' novels, imo. The plot was all right, and most of the characters were well written; but the middle third of the novel dragged a bit. Francis thought/talked a little too much about computer viruses, and having a huge chunk of the storyline be about equine viruses as well was a weird combo. The sudden, burning hatred of the craziest-psycho of the "bad guys" literally seemed to come out of nowhere.....? (I mean, who does these things...?) Also, the protagonist had a daughter he had nothing to do with, that he kept mentioning, but nothing really happened with that storyline either. She never knew her "dad" wasn't her real dad. This didn't sit well with me. It seemed tacked on, to make the protagonist more likable. Francis obviously knew a lot about horse transportation, and it showed. I didn't mind learning about this, since most of his protagonists were either ex-jockey/p.i., or ex-jockey/horse trainer. But with these other issues, and an ending that fell flat for me, I didn't enjoy this novel as much as I usually do. I'd sprung for the audiobook/Ebook combo, and now I'm let down. The narrator was ok...... But that's it. I had to stop listening, as he was boring me to tears. Reading the novel went much, much faster. Too bad this novel isn't on par with his others, as I don't have many more to read, before I've finished them all. And the genius of Dick Francis has left us, some time ago.... 3.5 stars. In Driving Force by Dick Francis retired jockey Freddie Croft owns a business that transports horses for trainers. The transports travel throughout England and sometimes into other European countries particularly Italy and France. When the employee that performs maintenance on the vans is found dead early one morning in the garage, Freddie thinks the death has the look of murder although he can't imagine anyone having a reason to attack Jogger. Police and racing investigators are called in and although Croft cooperates fully, he also investigates on his own, making the chilling discovery that someone is attempting to use his vans to transport a virus into England from France that could disable and even kill horses. Driving Force is a bit of a departure from the previous Francis books I've read, more suspense than mystery, but as usual good escape reading. no reviews | add a review
Is contained inIs abridged inLibros selectos: El precio del poder / El Carrusel / Fuerza maligna / Óscar, un perro entre los hielos by Reader's Digest Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Driving Force • The Island Harp • Stephanie • Watching in the Dark • The White Puma by Reader's Digest Distinctions
Fiction.
Mystery.
A dead hitchhiker, empty canisters found at the bottom of several trucks, and the murder of a harmless mechanic are the bizarre events that lead ex-jockey Freddie Croft to suspect that his transport company, Driving Force, is involved in drug smuggling, or something far worse. No library descriptions found. |
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