Evening Standard - London, September 4th, 2000
SHATTERED by Dick Francis (Michael Joseph, 16.99).
DICK Francis used to ride horses for the Queen Mother.
When he turned to authorship, he became her favourite thriller writer.
Each year he presents her with a copy of his new book, and has dedicated his latest - the 37th novel, Shattered, to her on her 100th birthday.
She will undoubtedly have noticed that all are constructed according to the same, simple basic formula.
The narrator-hero, an isolated, self-sufficient individual - usually different in each book: only one or two get a second outing - becomes caught up, often accidentally, i...
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