Dick Francis: Shattered (UK 2013)

From the Publisher:
Cheltenham Races, New Year's Eve.
Gerard Logan witnesses the death of his close friend, jockey Martin Stukely, after a fall from his horse. In the aftermath, Gerard is left to pick up the pieces - including a mysterious unmarked videotape that Martin secretly left him.

But before Gerard gets to watch it, the videotape is stolen.

And soon further crimes against Gerard and those close to him start to occur. What was on the missing videotape? And why are the attacks continuing?

In order to stay alive, Gerard needs to keep one step ahead of his enemies and uncover the truth - before his livelihood and everything he loves is shattered for good...

Packed with intrigue and hair-raising suspense, Reflex is just one of the many blockbuster thrillers from legendary crime writer Dick Francis.

Dick Francis: Shattered. Penguin, ISBN: 9781405916622 (October, 2013), 295 p., £7.99.

Dick Francis: Shattered (USA 2005)

From the Publisher:
After his friend is killed in a horse-racing accident, up-and-coming glass artisan Gerard Logan finds himself embroiled in a deadly search for a stolen videotape -- a videotape that just might destroy his own life.

Dick Francis: Shattered. Berkley Books, ISBN: 0425201481 (March, 2005), 243 p., $7.50.

Dick Francis: Shattered (USA 2001)

From the Publisher:
After his friend is killed in a horse-racing accident, up-and-coming glass antisan Gerard Logan finds himself embroiled in a deadly search for a stolen videotape. His friend had it. Some very bad people want it -- and they think Logan's got it.

Believing the tape to contain priceless information, a vicious group of criminals sets out to get the answers out of him in any way possible. To survive, Gerard will have to uncover the truth about his friend's death while keeping a good distance between himself and his pursuers.

Because if they catch him, they will most surely break him.

Dick Francis: Shattered. Berkley Books, ISBN: 0515131210 (September, 2001), 243 p., $6.99.

Dick Francis: Shattered (UK 2001)

From the Publisher:
When jockey Martin Stukely dies following a fall at Cheltenham, his friend Gerard Logan becomes embroiled in a perilous search for a stolen videotape.

Logan, half artist, half artisan, is a glass blower on the verge of widespread acclaim for the originality and ingenuity of his work. Long accustomed to the frightful dangers inherent in molten glass and in maintaining a glass-making furnace at never less than eighteen hundred degrees Fahrenheit, Logan is suddenly faced with a series of unexpected and terrifying new threats to his business, his courage and his life.

Believing the missing video tape to hold some sort of key to a priceless treasure, and wrongly convinced that Logan knows where to find it, a group of villains sets out to force from him the information he doesn't have. Narrowly escaping these attacks, Logan reckons that to survive he must himself find out the truth. The journey is thorny, and the final race to the tape throws more hurdles and more hazards in Logan's way than his dead jockey friend could ever have imagined.

Dick Francis: Shattered. Pan, ISBN: 033048334X (September, 2001), 295 p., £5.99.

Dick Francis: Shattered (USA 2000)

From the Publisher:
When jockey Martin Stukely dies after a fall at Cheltenham, he accidentally embroils his friend Gerard Logan in a perilous search for a stolen videotape. Logan is a glassblower on the verge of widespread acclaim. Long accustomed to the frightful dangers inherent in molten glass and in maintaining a glassmaking furnace at never less than 1800 degrees Fahrenheit, Logan is suddenly faced with terrifying threats to his business, his courage, and his life.

Believing that the missing video holds the key to a priceless treasure, and wrongly convinced that Logan knows where to find it, criminal forces set out to press him for information he doesn't have. To survive, he realizes that he himself must sort out the truth. The final race to the tape throws more hazards in Logan's way than his dead jockey friend could ever have imagined.

Glass shatters. Logan doesn't... but it's a close-run thing.

Dick Francis: Shattered. Putnam's, ISBN: 0399146601 (September, 2000), 289 p., $25.95.

Dick Francis: Shattered (UK 2000)

From the Publisher:
When jockey Martin Stukely dies following a fall at Cheltenham races, he accidentally embroils his friend Gerard Logan in a perilous search for a stolen video tape.

Gerard Logan, half artist, half artisan, is a glass-blower on the verge of widespread acclaim for the originality and ingenuity of his work. He has long been accustomed to the frightful dangers inherent in molten glass, not to mention in maintaining a glass-making furnace at seldom less than 1,800°F day and night, he is suddenly faced with a series of unexpected and terrifying threats, first to his livelihood, then to his courage and, finally, to his life.

Believing the missing videotape to contain priceless information, and wrongly convinced that Logan knows where to find it, a vicious group of villains sets out to extract from him the information he does not have. Logan reckons that to survive he must himself find out the truth. The journey is a thorny one, and the final race to the tape throws more hurdles and more hazards in his way than his dead jockey friend could ever have imagined.

Glass shatters.
Logan doesn't - but it's a close-run thing.

Dick Francis: Shattered. Michael Joseph, ISBN: 0718144538 (September, 2000), 271 p., £16.99.