Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1332757 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-29
• Released on: 2008-05-29
• Formats: Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Audio CD

About the Author
Dick Francis is the author of many bestselling mysteries, most recently Shattered. A three-time Edgar Award winner, the Mystery Writers of America named him Grand Master in 1996. He lives in the Caribbean.

Customer Reviews

Eye of the Storm
Only an English meteorologist would consider chasing a hurricane in a light plane a vacation. Americans know this is dangerous and deadly. Perry Stuart has never seen the force of a storm in the Caribbean, but after being forced down on a small island he learns the hard way.
The aftermath of the storm is just as deadly when residents of the island follow him back to England to silence him like the eye of the storm.
Dick Francis, who lives part time in the Caribbean knows his storms, a fine addition to your collection.
Nash Black, author of WRITING AS A SMALL BUSINESS and SINS OF THE FATHERS.

The Author's books are Always a Joy to Read
Dick Francis has written in excess 60 books, many if not all of them international best sellers. Many short stories, his autobiography and the biography of arguably the greatest jockey that ever lived, Lester Piggott. Dick Francis himself was of course the Queen's jockey. So there is not much, if anything he does not know about horse racing, the background to virtually all of his novels

The one thread that always runs through the books of Dick Francis is meticulous research. The odds are that you will learn something new every time you read one of his novels. For those interested in horse racing, which to be honest I am not, they must be manna from heaven. But it is definitely not essential to be interested in the sport of kings.
As with all books and particularly with the number that Dick Francis has written, some appeal to the reader more than others but the author has always maintained an extremely high standard with his books and there is not reason to believe that this one is any different.

This book takes us into the realms of hurricanes, something we know little or nothing about in England. The enormous power that they generate is difficult to understand for someone who has never witnessed one. When Perry Stuart, a meteorologist goes on a hurricane chasing plane ride in the Caribbean, he learns about a great deal more than the speed of the wind.

Dick Francis is back ... and in great form!
I am a Dick Francis fan. I have been reading his mysteries for years, own ALL of his (many) books, and have enjoyed reading every one. His absence from the annual publications list for the past few years, while he dealt with the passing of his wife, has now come to an end and Dick Francis is back again with a new book and is writing at the top of his form. The aptly named "Second Wind" is a great addition to the Dick Francis canon.