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Article: Dick Francis is off to the races again.
- Article from:
- The Blade (Toledo, OH)
- Article date:
- December 3, 2006
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Byline: Nanciann Cherry
Dec. 3--UNDER ORDERS. By Dick Francis. Putnam. 308 pages. $25.95.
The time was, book enthusiasts could tell it was autumn because Dick Francis would have a new racetrack-themed mystery coming out.
The former jockey who became a racing correspondent for a London newspaper after retiring from riding in 1957 published his first thriller in 1968, then wrote a book each year until his wife, Mary, died in 2000. Mary was her husband's research assistant, often delving into subjects as diverse as art, wine, and even weather forecasting for background in his novels. After she died Francis stopped writing, and the whispers ...
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