Dick Francis: Come to Grief (UK 2013)

From the Publisher:
Sid Halley, ex-champion jockey turned investigator, is facing his toughest test.
A number of horses have been brutally mutilated, horrifying their owners and the general public. Even Sid's friend, broadcaster Ellis Quint, has been moved to make a shocking programme about it.

But when Sid is asked to look into the case, the evidence he uncovers points in a startling direction and he finds that his head must overrule his heart. As friends and associates are angered by his discoveries, Sid is drawn into a terrible web of conspiracy and intrigue.

Escape will require all his legendary wits and cunning...

Packed with intrigue and hair-raising suspense, Come to Grief is just one of the many blockbuster thrillers from legendary crime writer Dick Francis.

Dick Francis: Come to Grief. Penguin, ISBN: 9781405916691 (October, 2013), 407 p., £7.99.

Dick Francis: Come to Grief (UK 2009)

From the Publisher:
Sid Halley, the ex-champion jockey turned investigator who appears in Odds Against and Whip Hand, is back. In Come to Grief he faces new dangers, new deeply demanding decisions.

Sid has uncovered an obnoxious crime committed by a friend whom he - and everyone else - has held in deep affection. On the morning set for the opening of the friend's trial, at which Sid is due to be called as a witness, other people's miseries explode and send him spinning into days of hard rational detection and heart-searching torment.

Troubled, courageous and unwilling to admit defeat, for Sid Halley it is business as usual.

Dick Francis: Come to Grief. Pan, ISBN: 9780330347778 (June, 2009), 407 p., £7.99.

Dick Francis: Come to Grief (USA 2005)

From the Publisher:
When ex-jockey Sid Halley becomes convinced that one of his closest friends -- and one of the racing world's most beloved figures -- is behind a series of shockingly violent acts, he faces the most troubling case of his career.

Dick Francis: Come to Grief. Berkley Books, ISBN: 0425207188 (December, 2005), 368 p., $7.99.

Dick Francis: Come to Grief (USA 1996)

From the Publisher:
New York Times bestselling author Dick Francis brings back one of mystery's most intriguing heroes, ex-jockey Sid Halley, in a compelling tale of crime and justice. When Halley becomes convinced that one of his closest friends -- and one of the racing world's most beloved figures -- is behind a series of shockingly violent acts, he faces the most troubling case of his career. No one wants to believe that Ellis Quint could be guilty -- so the public and the press are turning their wrath against Halley instead. Now he's facing opposition at every turn -- and finding danger lies straight ahead...

Dick Francis: Come to Grief. Jove Books, ISBN: 0515119520 (October, 1996), 362 p., $6.99.

Dick Francis: Come to Grief (UK 1996)

From the Publisher:
Sid Halley, the ex-champion jockey turned investigator who appears in Odds Against and Whip Hand, is back. In Come to Grief he faces new dangers, new deeply demanding decisions.

Sid has uncovered an obnoxious crime committed by a friend whom he - and everyone else - has held in deep affection. On the morning set for the opening of the friend's trial, at which Sid is due to be called as a witness, other people's miseries explode and send him spinning into days of hard rational detection and heart-searching torment.

Troubled, courageous and unwilling to admit defeat, for Sid Halley it is business as usual.

Dick Francis: Come to Grief. Pan, ISBN: 0330347772 (September, 1996), 407 p., £5.99.

Dick Francis: Come to Grief (USA 1995)

From the Publisher:
"Few writers have maintained such a high standard of excellence for as long as Dick Francis," writes the San Diego Union-Tribune. "[His] genius... is his ability to wring suspense from character rather than incident and to find terror in the mundane." In Come to Grief, Dick Francis posts another surefire winner.

After constant requests from fans to bring back Sid Halley, the champion jockey turned investigator of Odds Against and the breakout thriller Whip Hand, Dick Francis does just that in his new novel. Although more than a decade has passed since the publication of Whip Hand, little time has elapsed in Sid Halley's life. Still in his mid-thirties, he remains troubled, courageous, unwilling to admit defeat to disabling injury or corruption. Now, though, Sid faces nineties dilemmas and hazards even more serious than those he once faced in horse racing, the passion that cost him his hand, and "the only sport so dangerous that ambulances follow the athletes from start to finish" (The Philadelphia Inquirer).

"I had this friend that everyone loved," Halley says, "and I put him on trial. I grieved for the loss of a friendship, for a man who still looked the same but was different, alien... despicable. I could much more easily have grieved for him dead."

Having exposed an adored racing figure as a monster, Sid must testify at the man's trial. But the morning of his appearance, a tragic suicide shatters the proceedings and jars Halley's conscience. Plagued by regret and the suspicion that there's more to the death than has yet come to light, he is catapulted into days of hard, rational investigation, heart-searching torments, and the gravest of perils. Business as usual for Sid...

Come to Grief is a stunning successor to Whip Hand that does Sid Halley and Dick Francis proud.

Dick Francis: Come to Grief. Putnam's, ISBN: 0399140824 (September, 1995), 308 p., $23.95.

Dick Francis: Come to Grief (UK 1995)

From the Publisher:
Sid Halley, the ex-champion jockey turned investigator who appears in Odds Against and Whip Hand is back. In Come to Grief he faces new dilemmas, new dangers, new deeply demanding decisions.

As the book opens, Sid Halley has uncovered an obnoxious crime committed by a friend whom he - and everyone else - has held in affection bordering on love. On the morning set for the opening of the friend's trial, at which Sid is due to be a witness, other people's miseries explode and send him spinning into pulverising days of hard, rational detection and heart-searching torments.

Troubled, courageous and unwilling to admit defeat, for Sid Halley it is business as usual.

Dick Francis has written thirty-three international bestsellers and is widely acclaimed as one of the world's finest thriller writers. His awards include the Crime Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to the crime genre, and an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Tufts University of Boston. He and his wife, Mary, divide their time between England and the British West Indies.

Dick Francis: Come to Grief. Michael Joseph, ISBN: 0718137531 (September, 1995), 278 p., £15.99.