REVIEW: Gamble

A novel by Felix Francis

The novels of the Dick Francis series were always entertaining, centering around the ex-jockey’s love of horses and steeplechase races. Unfortunately, the author died in 2010, but the series continues with his younger son, Felix, now the author.

This book, the first from the son tied to horseracing, is from 2011, beautifully continues in the Francis tradition, combining a modern-day stockbroker’s efforts with a clever Bulgarian scam undetected that is going on in his firm by a greedy nobleman. The plot thickens until at least the protagonist, an ex-jockey, has to eventually mount a steed to extricate himself from those on the chase to murder him. It’s an entertaining ride

Felix Francis is the author of four horseracing books, continuing in his father’s vocation of writing, but was previously for 17 years a professor of advanced level physics in England

— Elliott Brack, Norcross, Ga.