365 Days of Books

Dick Francis has written several dozen mystery books that somehow touch on the racing world. Longshot features John Kendall who has written a series of successful survival guides and a novel that has been picked up for publication and has quit his day job to write a new book. As he writes, in a freezing attic no less, cold and poverty become overwhelming and he takes a job as biographer to a well known Trainer. The story places two murders and several spine tingling murder attempts among the intertwined relationships of family, jockeys, trainers, and owners.