One of the most successful mystery/adventure
writers of the twentieth century, Dick Francis
produces a best-seller nearly every year. The
hallmark of a Dick Francis novel is its setting:
the world of horse racing provides the backdrop
for his best-loved stories, including Dead Cert,
For Kicks, Reflex, and Bolt. In his novels, alive
with the scents and sounds of the horse stables
and the excitement of the big race, Francis, a
former jockey and lifelong lover of horse racing,
describes the world he knows best.
The basis for Francis s remarkable popularity
has finally been addressed in this entertaining
study by J. Madison Davis, himself a writer of
fiction. Probing beneath the deceptive simplic-
ity of the Francis style, Davis reveals a master of
themes and variations who avoids the pitfalls of
the merely formulaic. In an analysis of more
than two dozen novels and a considerable num-
ber of short stories, Davis explores Francis s
brilliant ability to extend the possibilities of the
hard-boiled detective story while adhering to the
time-honored disciplines established by prede-
cessors like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond
Chandler.
Dick Francis is the first full-length study of this
master storyteller. Along with perceptive discus-
sions of the novels, it contains extensive bio-
graphical information and lengthy and informa-
tive interviews with the author and his wife,
which serve to highlight the close connection
between Francis s life and work. Recurring fa-
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