Bad news for mystery fans
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (64169)
United States
February 14, 2010 6:33pm CST
D!ck Francis has taken his last fence (horse joke) and will be writing no more.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100214/ap_on_en_ot/eu_britain_obit_dick_francis
If this link doesn't post, change the "!" in the name to an "i"
In spite loving horses, I just never could get into his books myself, but my mother loved him.
Will you miss him? Will you read him now that he's gone? I didn't learn about him until the 1970's, maybe I'll read a book by him - have listened to one of his short stories in a mystery collection.
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10 responses
@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
15 Feb 10
I have never heard of him. I am not sure if I read anything of his or not. I have read a lot of books by authors I wasn't familiar with. I have never read anything about horse racing or anything like that so maybe not.
@JoyfulOne (6231)
• United States
15 Feb 10
I first discovered him in the 80's when my one daughter bought me one of his books. I've always loved reading his stuff ever since. My daughter and I always had horses, and enjoyed reading these (mostly) equestrian based stories. Two of my faves are Risk, and The Danger. The mystery revolves around the racing set, jockeys and all that. I only own a few of his books, and both of those are in paperback because they're easy to carry. The rest I usually borrow from the library. A few are such favorites I reread them every few years haha. Sad to hear that he'll be writing no more new stuff, he did write an involved tale!
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
15 Feb 10
elicbxn hi oh the poor guy, hes gone, and a lot of his fans will really miss his new books, I tried to get interested in his novels but really
just could not get involved, I had other authors I liked more. Sue Grafton for one, Mary Higgins Clark , and her daughter Carol Clark
and a slew of other authors too. James Paterson is one of them and I love Stephen Kings books, all of them, really my fave.
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@TheCatLady (4691)
• Israel
16 Feb 10
Whaaaaaa. No It cant be. I love his books. I love a lot of books, I will have to see if there are any in the used book store.
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@TheCatLady (4691)
• Israel
16 Feb 10
Lilian Jackson Braun is also really old and still writing books. I love her cat books.
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@scififan43 (2434)
• United States
18 Feb 10
I have never read any of his novels but I rember the name for tv. I recall watching some mystery tv shows form the U.K that were shown on public tv. I belive some of his novels were turned into minni series that show a ex-jockey with an prostic arm tunrn P.I. I do not rember the name but I am sure that was basied on his work.
@jillmalitz (5131)
• United States
19 Feb 10
I haven't read his books in a long time. My father used to read a lot of them and pass them down to me. I guess that he has taken the last ride.
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@LaurenInLA (2270)
• United States
15 Feb 10
I've never read a his books and probably won't read him now. I'm a mystery lover but not into horses so much. I do have empathy for all of his fans, I've lost three of my favorite writers and it leaves a void. The franchise of Laurence Saunders was passed on to another writer but I simply can't get into his books the way that I could get into the books that Saunders wrote. It's jsut not the same.
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