Dick Francis WILD HORSES First Edition Signed

First edition first print hardback of WILD HORSES by Dick Francis and published by Michael Joseph in 1994. Signed to a previous owner by Francis on the half title page.

The book is in very good condition (black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine) with no significant wear apart from some yellowing around the page edges. The book is in a very good- unclipped dust jacket which has light rubbing to the edges and corners and slight marks on the front and back which are only visible under the light. Internally the pages are otherwise clean and tight and there are no tears or other inscriptions.

Valentine, a blind, confused and dying old man, seeking his peace with God, makes his last confession to a visiting friend, Thoms Lyon, mistaking him for a priest. Thomas, in Newmarket to research for a new film, is placed in a moral dilemma. Wild horses wouldn't drag from a priest the secrets of the confessional - but then Thomas is not a priest.

Thomas is engaged in directing a film concerned with racing when he unexpectedly finds himself facing the old wild-horses dilemma. Should he tell what he knows from the confession - or not.

He discovers that the solution to his quandary could mean the difference between life and death. His life. His death. Either way, he is in trouble.

Accustomed as he is to making difficult choices and decisions, he needs to call on extreme courage and cunning to sort through the chaos and keep himself alive.

Wild Horses is a masterly mix of fine writing, convincing characters and an inscrutable and ingenious plot.

281 pages

ISBN: 0718136039

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