Dick Francis, Silks Review

Overall Rating

Silks is not one of Dick Francis' better stories, but trots along as an easy read quite nicely. The next book needs to be less of a pick-and-mix from previous work to be worth buying! No barrister has appeared in a Dick Francis novel before. Good triumphed as usual, but good to see more acutal racing jockey descriptions - some of the later books got well away from the racecourses. However, almost as if they'd written a book by taking vicious attack from one book, girlfriend from another, cause of trouble from another, blackmailing from another..... some parts implausible. Need i go on?