Dick Francis's bloodline /
by Francis, Felix.
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BookPublisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2012Description: 354 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0399160809 :.Other title: Bloodline.Subject(s): Sportscasters -- Fiction | Brother and sister -- Fiction | Women jockeys -- Crimes against -- Fiction | Horse racing -- England -- Fiction | Mystery fictionOnline resources: Cover image Summary: "When race caller and television presenter Mark Shillingford calls a race in which his twin sister, Clare, an accomplished and successful jockey, comes in second when she could have won, he believes the worst: that she lost on purpose, and the race was fixed. That night, Mark confronts Clare with his suspicions, she storms off after an argument--and it's the last time Mark sees her alive. Hours later, Clare jumps to her death from the balcony of a London hotel; or so it seems. Devastated and guilty over her death, Mark goes in search of answers. What had led Clare to take her own life? Or was it not suicide at all? "-- Provided by publisher.
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"When race caller and television presenter Mark Shillingford calls a race in which his twin sister, Clare, an accomplished and successful jockey, comes in second when she could have won, he believes the worst: that she lost on purpose, and the race was fixed. That night, Mark confronts Clare with his suspicions, she storms off after an argument--and it's the last time Mark sees her alive. Hours later, Clare jumps to her death from the balcony of a London hotel; or so it seems. Devastated and guilty over her death, Mark goes in search of answers. What had led Clare to take her own life? Or was it not suicide at all? "-- Provided by publisher.
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