Always love Dick!

Such a fun, creative bunch of short stories. The outcomes depend on luck in very interesting ways!

Always enjoyed Francis’ books, and this short story collection was a perfect light companion for travel.

If you like the racetrack, you will certainly recognize the characters. A bit old fashioned but still on the mark.

Interesting collection of racing related short stories. Although verging on crime (the author’s forte), these are more focussed on having a twist in the tale and are clever.

Dick Francis write superbly. What can I say. This book of great short stories is filled with his trade-mark excellence of writing. Mystery, human stories (I loved Song for Mona), adventure (of a sort), funny little twists and turns of 'what happens'. I didn't foresee any of it, and was delighted with each and every story.

An enjoyable read. I thought most of the stories were 5 star reads but a couple of slightly less enjoyable stories brought the overall rating down to 4 stars.

It's been a while since I picked up a book of short stories, and I definitely enjoyed these!

Short stories very interestin

4 Stars

Field of Thirteen by Dick Francis is a collection of thirteen short stories full of engrossing crime and investigation, horse racing, jockeys, action, danger, mystery, suspense, tension, drama, and intrigue- this made for a quick and entertaining read.
The collection comprises of:
-Notes on the racecard.
-Raid at Kingdom Hall.
-Dead on red.
-Song for Mona.
-Bright white star.
-collision course --Nightmare.
-Carrot for a chestnut.
-Gift.
-Spring fever.
-Blind chance.
-Corkscrew.
-Day of the losers.
-Haig's death.

->2023 Reading Challenge.
->Glennie's Collection
Dick Francis novels were a familiar fixture in our household when I was growing up, as both my parents loved his books. He was amongst the first ‘adult’ reads that I explored at the time, and over the years I have read everything he’s written. I remember every time my mother read one of his books, she'd tell me about him and how he'd gone from being an RAF pilot to being the Queen Mother's favourite jockey, before retiring to become a journalist/writer.
Since my mother passed away over a year ago, I have been making my way through her book collection, finally. I decided to make reading her entire collection a part of my reading challenge for the next couple of years (she has a HUGE collection), as well as a way to pay tribute to my mum, who was such a voracious reader..... Reading her collection of books has stirred up a lot of memories, mostly of our shared love of reading. I am forever grateful that she passed on her love of reading to me.

I'm not a huge short story fan so some really miss the mark for me but overall the standard of writing is still excellent

Most of these 13 short stories are interesting however a couple of them I found to be below Dick's best . Which I must admit is quite high.4.5stars.