Second Wind - Dick Francis

This is the first Dick Francis book I have read and I can say I don't think I will be reading anymore. I usually read horse racing books by John Francome and was recommended Dick Francis by a friend but was very disappointed. This book has very little to actually do with the horses and racing and is more about 2 weather reporters trying to chase down a hurricane. Perry Stuart is the main character and flies with his friend into the eye of a hurricane. They have been sent to go and investigate a place called Trox Island on the way and it is here that Perry realises things aren't quite as they seem. He begins to investigate and finds out the real truth as to why ...  Read the complete review

Another op on a Dick Francis novel from me!! After just finishing ‘HOT MONEY’, I forgot that I had Harry Potter # 4 sitting there waiting for me, and so dived straight into this one. (I’ve finished it now and have become engrossed in Harry……. So panic over!!) It wasn’t until I got a good few chapters in that I realised that I was once again in the middle of a book that wasn’t the one that I wanted to read (if you know what I mean? As I’d been patiently waiting for the Potter book to come out in paperback) but any hoo……. No matter, I couldn’t put this down, and as I don’t like to have ...  Read the complete review

Having been a fan of Dick Francis novels for many years it saddens me to say I cannot find a decent word to say about the latest to come out in paperback.. Second Wind has a poor plot, feeble characters and the most unbelievable 'love interest' I think I have ever read.. Moreover anyone who has read 'The Trouble with Lazy Ethel' the definitive novel about hurricanes in my view, will hardly be stirred by Mr Francis's light breeze.. I had lost all interest in Perry Stuart - physist- BBC weatherman by chapter two.. And could have cared less if he had perished by chapter three..Indeed by chapter four I was wishing the whole cast would ...  Read the complete review