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Edward Lincoln is a worldwide celebrity who plays impossibly daring detectives on the big screen. But in reality he is an ordinary man currently stuck in an extraordinary spot. Nerissa, his ailing godmother, has pleaded with him to travel to South Africa to do some investigating - she's afraid someone is tampering with her racehorses. Despite his feeling of helplessness, Lincoln cannot refuse her request.

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'Certainly his best thriller.' -- Evening Standard 'A supersized action-suspense story.' -- Kirkus Reviews 'Wonderfully vivid and sinister.' -- The Sunday Times

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Richard Stanley Dick Francis CBE FRSL (31 October 1920 - 14 February 2010) was a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer, whose novels centre on horse racing in England. Tony Britton was born in Birmingham, England in 1924. A renowned classical actor, he has been cast in many stage productions including Gigi and My Fair Lady, as well as numerous Shakespeare roles. Britton's film credits include Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) and The Day of the Jackal (1973). He has had lead television roles in Robin's Nest (1977) and Don't Wait Up (1983), and narrated many audiobooks throughout his career.

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