Dick Francis's Refusal Lrg edition

A New York Times Bestselling Author Six years ago? investigator Sid Halley retired for good. He'd been harassed? beaten? shot? even lost a hand to the business? and enough was enough. And for the sake of his wife and his new daughter? he thought nothing could ever lure him back. He thought wrong. When Sir Richard Stewart asked him to investigate some dodgy races? Sid adamantly refused. The following day Sir Richard is found dead ? and Sid starts receiving threatening phone calls.