Proof - Dick Francis - Part 1

Proof - Dick Francis

2017 Reading Challenge - Day 140

  May 20, 2017 

Book 40 - Proof
Dick Francis (2016)
 Part 1 - pages 1-200
Reading Time - 4 hours

I've been reading a few light fiction books on the side. This is one of my favourite Dick Francis books. I've read it dozens of times and always enjoy it. It tells the story of a wine merchant who gets sucked into a mystery about some stolen scotch. This book, like all of Francis' books, has a tangential relationship to the world of horse racing but the real focus is on the alcohol. The hero of the story is, like many of Francis' heroes, a rather stoic fellow who keeps plugging along despite losing his wife, witnessing a horrific accident, and seeing murder and mayhem.