Come to Grief von Dick Francis

<H1>Come to Grief von Dick Francis</H1><P> Englisches Buch gebunden<br> ISBN 0-399-14082-4<p> Sid Halley, the champion jockey turned investigator is in his mid-thirties, troubled, courageous, unwilling to admit defeat to disabling injury or corruption. Now, though, Sid faces nineties dilemmas and hazards even more serious than those he once faced in horse racing, the passion that cost him his hand, and the only sport so dangerous that ambulances follow the athletes from start to finish.<br> Having exposed an adored racing figure as a monster, Sid must testify at the man's trial. But the morning of his appearance, a tragic suicide shatters the proceedings and jars Halley's conscience.<br> Plagued by regret and the suspicion that there's more to the death than has yet come to light, he is catapulted into days of hard, rational investigation, heart-searching torments, and the gravest of perils.<br> Business as usual for Sid...<p>