Rat Race

By: Dick Francis

Narrated by: Ian Ogilvy

Dick Francis, the bestselling master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.

Hired to fly four racing buffs to the track, pilot Matt Shore expects it will be the kind of job he likes: quick and easy. That is until he’s forced to make an emergency landing just minutes before the plane explodes.

Luckily nobody is hurt, but it isn’t long before Matt realizes that he’s caught up in a rat race among violent criminals, who are dead set on putting anyone who stands in their way on the wrong side of the odds.

©1974 Dick Francis (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd.

One of best

Airplane drama v well done ending amazing and cinematic
Critique of pure evil and of innocence as well

Vintage Francis

Classic Dick Francis, excellent storyline. Only downside is the volume erratic at some points, listener potentially missing important plot points.

love this one

Ian ogilvy does a great job conveying the unique Francis feel- suspense, romance inner struggle of all people to live with courage and integrity through undeserved adversity-if you are a new generation of Francis readers- start here and you will have to read the others

Authored 50+ years ago. Heavenly nostalgia

I love how our pilot lives on 45£ /month. How setting off a bomb with an analog transmitter could be done back in the day. What people ate and said , how they courted…

Obviously DF portrays a stoic and moral professional dealing with incredible adversity.
One of his best!! The build up is short and the excitement credible and sustained. (Unlike so many recent authors, there’s much factuality and real world (IRL?) details. Not just vague emotionalism. If you do trig and vectors in your head as I do, the specifics of flight are correct and rewarding to follow!!!)

Good - well paced story

Plot was complicated enough to hold one’s attention…moved along well …entertaining right through to the end.