CROSSFIRE
Author: Francis, Dick
Author: Francis, Felix

Review Date: August 1, 2010
Publisher:Putnam
Pages: 352
Price ( Hardback ): $26.95
Publication Date: August 1, 2010
ISBN ( Hardback ): 978-0-399-15681-6
Category: Fiction
Classification: Mystery

The late Dick Francis’s 44th, and last, canter around the track echoes several of his greatest hits.

Capt. Tom Forsyth has returned from service in Afghanistan without his right foot. Since the Army’s been his only home for half a ...

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