Banker
Nov 2010 · Sold by Penguin
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An investment banker arranges the purchase of a champion racehorse and gets caught up in murder in this New York Times bestseller that's “fraught with violence, conspiracy and, of course, horses” (The Boston Globe).
Tim Ekaterin raised millions of dollars to finance the purchase of Sandcastle, a champion racer, only to discover an apparent defect in the horse. Investigating further, Ekaterin learns that the business of investment banking is nothing compared to the cutthroat world of horseracing—a world where violence and murder only raise the stakes...
“The most elaborate plot Francis has yet devised.”—The Washington Post Book World
“The unraveling…comes with all the breathless pace we have come to expect of this superb writer.”—The New York Times Book Review
Tim Ekaterin raised millions of dollars to finance the purchase of Sandcastle, a champion racer, only to discover an apparent defect in the horse. Investigating further, Ekaterin learns that the business of investment banking is nothing compared to the cutthroat world of horseracing—a world where violence and murder only raise the stakes...
“The most elaborate plot Francis has yet devised.”—The Washington Post Book World
“The unraveling…comes with all the breathless pace we have come to expect of this superb writer.”—The New York Times Book Review
An investment banker arranges the purchase of a champion racehorse and gets caught up in murder in this New York Times bestseller that's “fraught with violence, conspiracy and, of course, horses” (The Boston Globe).
Tim Ekaterin raised millions of dollars to finance the purchase of Sandcastle, a...
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18 reviews
Melissa “Lisa” J
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April 28, 2025
Opulent inside my heart, too many intense feelings, it feels as tho I shall burst first before I can settle all the strings down enough to stay comfortably (yet still reluctantly) inside... settled enough to comb & transfer their colors to paper. One of Dick Francis' very best. Wow. I seem to re-read all his books about every 20yrs or so. I learn, I re-learn, those teachings snuck into each novel's background fabric. I am astonished all over again at his wisdom & wit.
Sandy PHIL
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December 28, 2015
A stunning look into the world of horse breeding and racing and the lenghts some will go to for profit, banker and charlatan alike
Pauly Schoolcraft
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May 6, 2019
My first book by Dick Francis but not my last. Excellent plot!
About the author
Dick Francis was born in South Wales in 1920. He was a young rider of distinction winning awards and trophies at horse shows throughout the United Kingdom. At the outbreak of World War II he joined the Royal Air Force as a pilot, flying fighter and bomber aircraft including the Spitfire and Lancaster. He became one of the most successful postwar steeplechase jockeys, winning more than 350 races and riding for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. After his retirement from the saddle in 1957, he published an autobiography, The Sport of Queens, before going on to write more than forty acclaimed books. A three-time Edgar Award winner, he also received the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association’s Cartier Diamond Dagger, was named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, and was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2000. He died in February 2010, at age eighty-nine, and remains among the greatest thriller writers of all time.
Dick Francis was born in South Wales in 1920. He was a young rider of distinction winning awards and trophies at horse shows throughout the United Kingdom. At the outbreak of World War II he joined the Royal Air Force as a pilot, flying fighter and bomber aircraft including the Spitfire and Lanca...
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