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Silks | 
 enlarge | Authors: Dick Francis, Felix Francis
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 103684
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 9
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5.5 x 1.5
ISBN: 0143143859
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780143143857
ASIN: 0143143859
Publication Date: August 26, 2008
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Julian Trent, you have been found guilty by this court of perpetrating a violent and unprovoked attack on an innocent family including a charge of attempted murder. You have shown little or no remorse for your actions and I consider you a danger to society.
When defense lawyer Geoffrey Mason hears the judges ruling at Londons Old Bailey, he quietly hopes that a substantial sentence will be handed down to his arrogant young client. That Julian Trent only receives eight years seems all too lenient. Little does Mason realize that hell be looking Trent in the eyes again much sooner than that.
Setting aside his barristers gown and wig, Mason heads to Sandown racetrack to don his colorful racing silks. As an amateur jockey, he fulfills his true passion by pounding the turf in the heat of a steeplechase. Yet when a fellow rider is brutally murdereda pitchfork driven through his chestMasons racing hobby soon becomes too close to his work. The prime suspect is one of their brethren, champion jockey Steve Mitchell, and the evidence against him seems overwhelming.
Mason is reluctant to heed Mitchells plea for legal helpbut he soon finds himself at the center of a sinister web of violence, threats and intimidation. Mason is left fighting a battle of right and wrong, and more immediately, a battle of life and deathhis own.
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best in years October 10, 2008
Good news! If you've fallen away over the past few books, this is the one that will put you back in the game.
Positives: better writing than in Dead Heat & Under Orders. A solid plot. Classic Dick Francis hero (in this book, a barrister + amateur jumps jockey) whose eye is caught by a lovely woman just as independent as he is. Good, interesting info on a non-racing topic woven in (in this case, barristers & solicitors and the British legal system).
Negatives: the mystery at the heart of the plot was used in an earlier Francis book. (Kind of outrageous, imho.) The hero is indeed a classic Francis hero, but he's not as compelling as earlier heroes. He's a little soft and not all that admirable in the beginning. He also makes a couple of decisions that I found hard to credit, but which were necessary to further the plot.
The bottom line: read and enjoy. It's the best new Francis in a long, long time. I eagerly await the next.
 Not his greatest book October 9, 2008
Most of the reviewers have covered my feelings. All I could add was that I could tell that Mr. Francis didn't write this book alone. It seemed too "wordy" at times and seemed to make Mason, the police and most everyone involved seem pretty stupid. Found myself being very frustrated as the story went along.
 Silks October 6, 2008
I've been a Dick Francis reader for many years. I felt this book recycled lots of past devices used in better ways in past books. The young widower whose wife died due to a complication of pregnancy, the "frightener" are two that come immediately to mind. I've been buying the books as soon as they came out in hardcover, but I think I'll wait for paperback or visit the library for future volumes.
 Silks October 6, 2008
Another well written and researched book by Dick Francis. A good look into the judicial system of Great Britain, hence the name. Somehow I missed this novel when it was first published so I had the pleasure of reading two in a row, as I just finished "Under Orders."
Silks by Dick and Felix Francis October 5, 2008
My sister and I have both enjoyed reading "Silks" but feel that some of his other novels had better content. Feel that there was too much legal verbage instead of about racing and the horses. Will still recommend it.
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