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'Thrills to the final furiong Francomé knows how to write Daily Express There's no hiding place for a jump jockey when his courage deserts him. After a crashing fali, champion rider Phil Nicholas returns to racing, but though his body has healed his mind has not. Flashbacks of his accident invade his dreams, rob him of his sleep and freeze him in the saddle. The tough guy of jump racing has lost his bottle. But when one of Phil's colleagues is viciously attacked after losing a race he should have won, the jockey can't sit on the sidelines any longer. If he wants to save the sport - and the woman he loves - it's time for Phil to recover his nerve... Ex-National Hunt Champion Jockey John Francomé has been voted TV's most popular racing commentator for his broadcasting for Channel 4, and he has established himself as one of the front runners in the racing thriller stakes. Don't miss his previous bestsellers from Headline: Francomé provides a vivid panorama of the racing world...and... Tovább

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'Thrills to the final furiong Francomé knows how to write Daily Express There's no hiding place for a jump jockey when his courage deserts him. After a crashing fali, champion rider Phil Nicholas returns to racing, but though his body has healed his mind has not. Flashbacks of his accident invade his dreams, rob him of his sleep and freeze him in the saddle. The tough guy of jump racing has lost his bottle. But when one of Phil's colleagues is viciously attacked after losing a race he should have won, the jockey can't sit on the sidelines any longer. If he wants to save the sport - and the woman he loves - it's time for Phil to recover his nerve... Ex-National Hunt Champion Jockey John Francomé has been voted TV's most popular racing commentator for his broadcasting for Channel 4, and he has established himself as one of the front runners in the racing thriller stakes. Don't miss his previous bestsellers from Headline: Francomé provides a vivid panorama of the racing world...and handlés the story's twist deftly' The Times Francomé brings authenticity to tales of the horse-racing circuit and, like Dick Francis, goes beyond the thunder of the turf to the skulduggery of the trading ring' Mail on Sunday The racing feel is authentic and it's a pacy, entertaining read' Evening Standard An action-packed storytine that gallops to a thrilling end' Racing Post wm Vissza