ODDS AGAINST

From the New York Times?bestselling ?master of crime fiction and equine thrills,? a jockey turned investigator tackles crime in the horse racing world (Newsday).   Dick Francis, Edgar Award?winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.   A hard fall took hotshot jockey Sid Halley out of the horse racing game, leaving him with a crippled hand, a broken heart, and the desperate need for a new job. Now he?s landed a position with a detective agency, only to catch a bullet from some common thug. And things are about to get even more hectic. The agency is giving him a case to handle on his own.   The case brings him to the door of Zanna Martin, a woman who might be just what Sid needs to get him back up and running. But he?s up against a field of thoroughbred criminals, and the odds against him are making it a long shot that he?ll even survive . . .   ?Dick Francis is a wonder.? ?The Plain Dealer ?An imaginative craftsman of high order.? ?The Sunday Times ?Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.? ?Chicago Tribune ?Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.? ?Boston Herald ?[The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills.? ?Newsday ?[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.? ?The Wall Street Journal ?Francis is a genius.? ?Los Angeles Times ?A rare and magical talent . . . who never writes the same story twice.? ?The San Diego Union-Tribune