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    <body><![CDATA[A re-read though not within the last year.  Come to Grief is an excellent exercise book with the typical Dick Francis hero, stoic, ethical, and willing to take risks.  Former jockey Sid Halley has lost his left hand in a riding accident and can therefore no longer race.  Instead he has become a priv...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36096203">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read most of this book on a plane ride.  It's a bit graphic and violent for my tastes...I prefer more mystery and less crime, but it was still an engaging story and I enjoyed the characters.  This book came highly recommended to me and it was good enough to want to read other books in this series....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59683265">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Former jockey Sid Halley tries to figure out who is cutting off colts’ feet. A sweet friendship develops between him and a little girl, while he is agonizing over a suspect who is one of his longtime friends. Efficiently written and a good story.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was truly a trashy mystery novel. The worst part was, it wasn't even entertaining. The crime was absurd- cutting off a horse's leg- and Francis tries to make you care about it by throwing in a sappy story about a little girl with leukemia. The plot is just poorly put together and equally strang...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32682095">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[COME TO GRIEF - VG<br/>Francis, Dick - 34th book / 3rd Sid Halley<br/><br/>When ex-jockey Sid Halley becomes convinced that one of his closest friends—and one of the racing world's most beloved figures—is behind a series of shockingly violent acts, he faces the most troubling case of his care...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30253268">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Dick Francis brings back Sid Halley, champion jockey-turned-PI of his earlier novels Whip Hand and Odds Against, in this troubling story.  Ellis Quint has everything he could want: fame, youth, money, good looks, and talent.  What Sid has to figure out is why his friend Ellis also has a streak of sadism that leads him  to cut off horses' hooves in the dead of night. Sid's search for the truth leads him into the lowest depths of human nature.  Winner of the Edgar Award for best mystery novel.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't want this book to end!!! I really like the predicament that the hero got himself into with no apparent way out. I like that the hero tells how really scared he is in all the situations he gets into. He seems to remain calm on the outside while he's cringing and screaming on the inside. Thes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8698520">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Fantastic read!  I love Dick Francis, and I think that the Sid Halley series are some of his best.  This one is the story of Sid's longtime friend being accused of animal cruelty, and I enjoyed it immensely even having read it before.]]></body>
    
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