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Smokescreen

by Dick Francis · 1972

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Edward Lincoln is a worldwide celebrity who plays detectives on the big screen. But when his godmother asks him to investigate her racehorses in South Africa, he's out of his depth. Soon enough, he's plunged into a plot of gold, greed, and gilded lives that forces him to uncover a killer and give a bravura performance he'll never give again....

Genre
British mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisthrillerthrillerMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of thisdetectivedetectiveMore like thisLess of this
Themes
horseshorsesMore like thisLess of thisanimalsanimalsMore like thisLess of thissportssportsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1970s1970sMore like thisLess of thisSouth AfricaSouth AfricaMore like thisLess of thisAfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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