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    Second Wind

    Written by Dick Francis

    Narrated by Michael Page

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    The catastrophic power of a giant hurricane can raise coastal waves thirty feet high and blow through houses at devastating speeds. For TV meteorologist Perry Stuart, however, such predictions are generally hypothetical, as he chiefly predicts periods of English drizzle, with bursts of heavier rain and sunshine to follow. Stuart's profound weather knowledge and accuracy have given him high status among forecasters, but no physical baptism by storm.

    Not, that is, until a fellow forecaster offers him a Caribbean hurricane-chasing ride in a small airplane as a holiday diversion. But a frightening accident teaches Stuart more secrets than wind speeds, and back home in England he faces threats and danger as deadly as anything nature can evolve.

    Dick Francis "has simply never failed. Every one of his opening sentences pulls the reader in, and doesn't let go until the last, perfect word," according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMay 29, 2008
    ISBN9781423338284
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    • 2/5
      I could never really get pulled into the story, the suspense was almost nil for me. Every writer has thier own style and perhaps another read or two of Francis' books will win me over but the first one fell short.
    • 3/5
      I was happy with the book. I would give it a 3.6. It kept my interest, had a good plot, explained the conclusion, and tied it up nicely. I enjoyed the characters as well.
    • 4/5
      Weatherman, the kind that researched and reported for the BBC, is the profession du volume in this mystery, and the events are pretty co-incidental and wildly out of the ordinary - and there is no murder being investigated, not that there aren't any attempts.
    • 2/5
      Have not read Francis in long time but this is certainly not one of his best. Plot is weak and characterizations very shallow which makes for a fairly boring read.
    • 3/5
      Not as absorbing as his other books. And only one left before he starts writing them with his son. Ah, well. All good things come to an end. Hoping the Felix ones are as good as the Richard and Marys.

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    • 3/5
      A very minor mention of horse racing, but it's there. This book is mostly about the intrigue of a private island and what mystery surrounds the people who own (or don't own) the place. Second Wind was my first Dick Francis book and I have many more to go before I can judge this against any of his other books, but the story was interesting. There were some times when I found myself frustrated at the writing style or annoyed with the main character's seeming stupidity (he had to have people repeat things to him a lot) but overall I enjoyed figuring out who had what part to play in the events that unfolded.
    • 5/5
      Dick Francis is one of my favorite authors. I always enjoy his books. Good character development.
    • 3/5
      two weathermen, one light plane, a few horse stables, a weekend in the country, a sick filly, an invitation to Florida, and a flight through a hurricane...
    • 4/5
      I read this book when it first came out, and really enjoyed it then. Listening to it as an audio book was just as enjoyable. Michael Page doesn't have quite the voice range of Tony Britton (the narrator of other Dick Francis audio books I've listened to), but he was easy to listen to and added to the story. This novel features horses in only a very minor way, but has a great main character, a BBC weather forecaster who gets into loads of trouble after the plane he is in crashes after flying through the eye of a hurricane. Francis worked with a real BBC weather man in doing research for the book, and the facts one can glean about weather forecasting, hurricanes and surviving a crash on a desert island are an added bonus to the mystery. In fact, the mystery in this Francis novel is a little hard to fathom, and is one of the weaker plots for a Dick Francis book. It had something to do with selling nuclear bomb-making material, and really didn't make much sense. I'm still giving this one four stars, because I liked all the side stories, and the flying through a hurricane part, and all the minor characters.
    • 4/5
      A lot richer than I'd remembered. The side stories are almost worth a book by themselves.
    • 3/5
      Not a huge Dick Francis fan, but good story.
    • 3/5
      TV weather forecaster Perry Stuart is stranded on a small island in a hurricane, and discovers the dangerous secrets of Trox Island. Rather improbable plot, not one of Francis' best.