And Dick Francis repeats another character. I think I mentioned that when I wrote up the previous book about Kit Fielding, Break-In. It wasn't as blatant a set up as in the fantasy novel that I read just before this reread, but the uber bad had not been dealt with. His plan to earn a knighthood has been thoroughly demolished and Kit holds the videotape that takes him off the list of those being considered for a knighthood. All rather odd for the American audience, but apparently a BIG deal to the British.
There were two unrelated plots which converged on Kit and his sponsor/employer, the Princess Casilia and her family, which includes his fiancee, Danielle. The events of the two lead to considerable complication in the investigation and solution because each of the bad guys uses the actions of the other to advance his own cause although there was no actual connection between the two. Rather more complex than Francis's usual plot.
There was only one human casualty - four horses were murdered: probably harder for Francis to write than human murders - and although, as usual, our hero suffers some damage, it seemed to me perhaps less than in most of the earlier books. Certainly less than he got in the previous book about him.
No comments:
Post a Comment