Ex jockey Freddie Croft has not entirely left the racing scene as he now owns and operates a transport company that takes horses from their stables to various races. He's a fair guy and that's how he wants his drivers to be as well. One day two of his drivers break one of the fundamental rule - they pick up a hitch-hiker. This could have been uneventful if it wasn't for the fact that the guy dies during the ride. That's no good and whether he wants to or not Freddie gets involved in the murkier side of racing and being as stubborn as you have to be as a jockey means that he won't back off until he's figured out what's going on and comes up as a winner. But his opponents are not in the mood for losing and will not stop at murder to get their own way.
I'm a sucker for horses and crime and imagine the joy when I finally discovered the likes of Dick Francis, John Francome etc! Dick Francis is the master and it seems as if he's got an endless supply of books as everytime I go to a 2nd hand book store I always manage to find yet another Francis' Book! Bliss on a shelf!
Driving Force is one of the better books by Francis' and as always brilliantly executed and not without surprises which is always nice as a lot of times the "twists" no longer "twists" but expected if you've read several books in the same genre... I'd definitely recommend Driving Force to anyone who'd fancy a go at a Dick Francis' book!
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