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Risk

By: Dick Francis
Narrated by: Tony Britton
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"Francis captures our attention and holds us spellbound." (The New York Times Book Review)
"Francis is a genius." (Los Angeles Times)
"Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure, inventive menace." (The Boston Herald)

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When he wakes in a pitch-black room with his hands bound, Roland Britten – accountant and champion steeplechase jockey – knows he’s entered a nightmare of someone else’s making.

Wracking his brain to figure out who’s out to get him and why, he comes up empty, but somehow manages a death-defying escape. It isn’t long, though, before he’s recaptured. Now, with his life at stake, he must take every risk to outsmart his well-disguised enemy and save himself ...
©1977 Dick Francis (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd.
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"Francis captures our attention and holds us spellbound." (The New York Times Book Review)
"Francis is a genius." (Los Angeles Times)
"Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure, inventive menace." (The Boston Herald)

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Tony Britton is a great narrator. Sadly, the audio quality and volume on this title is very variable, and at times, almost incomprehensible. Also, there is a large chunk of the end of Chapter 1 which is missing ....

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Poor quality recording

Unfortunately this was a very quality recording.
I gave up listening so I can't comment any further.

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