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Original Title:	To the Hilt
ISBN:	042519681X (ISBN13: 9780425196816)
Edition Language:	English

To the Hilt Paperback | Pages: 352 pages

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Title	:	To the Hilt
Author	:	Dick Francis
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 352 pages
Published	:	June 1st 2004 by G.P. Putnam's Sons (first published September 24th 1996)
Categories	:	Mystery. Fiction. Thriller. Crime

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I've been rereading all the Dick Francis on the shelf in the Homer Public Library. This one is still my favorite, painter Alexander Kinloch, nephew of a Scottish earl, is summoned from his aerie in Scotland by his mother to tend to his step-father, whose prosperous brewery has been ripped off to insolvency by its disappeared comptroller. Wonderful characters, contained but loving mother Vivienne; dithery but honorable step-father Ivan; proud, stubborn, hilarious uncle Himself (the earl); viperous but charming step-sister Patsy and her execrable husband Surtees; and one of the more capable and most amusing sidekicks I've ever read in the private investigative team of Young and Utley. The creation of the portrait of Zoe Lang is genius--wonderfully descriptive and mesmerizing.

Reflex, Straight, Banker, Proof, Decider also wonderful. Yeah, he was a jockey and there is always a horse around somewhere, but the books are often only peripherally about racing. Part of the greatness of his novels lies in the different worlds he explores in each of them, painting in To The Hilt, photography in Reflex, gemstones in Straight, venture capitalism in Banker, wine in Proof, architecture in Decider. He writes pretty much the same character every time, first person male, young, stubborn, honest, honorable, never a whiner, always calm and cool and on occasion astonishingly forgiving. Maybe it's always the same narrator, but it's someone you want to know, and the writing is excellent. Read Proof for the telephone conversation between English Tony and French Henri, worth the price of the book alone.

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Features a fine main character, July 26, 2017Verified Purchase(What's this?)This review is from: To the Hilt (Kindle Edition)A fine mystery featuring an artist. The portions of the novel dealing with painting are so realistic that I paused my reading to research whether or not Francis ever painted. What I found was that his wife Mary conducted extensive research for Francis' novels, contributing greatly to their realism.This may not be one of Francis' strongest efforts so far as the mystery is

Not sure why I liked this book so much. I loved many of the characters and wished there were more books using the same characters. This was just a nice romp into another world.

Solid, entertaining story but a little too easy to put down.

I've been rereading all the Dick Francis on the shelf in the Homer Public Library. This one is still my favorite, painter Alexander Kinloch, nephew of a Scottish earl, is summoned from his aerie in Scotland by his mother to tend to his step-father, whose prosperous brewery has been ripped off to insolvency by its disappeared comptroller. Wonderful characters, contained but loving mother Vivienne; dithery but honorable step-father Ivan; proud, stubborn, hilarious uncle Himself (the earl);

Nothing like a Dick Francis classic to get me back into 5-stars. This is one of my favorites in his collection. A great mix of characters, and the story lines keep you flipping the pages. I enjoyed the complicated batch of relationships in this story.

Alexander Kinloch lives in Scotland on a remote mountain, and paints. He gets attacked one day by 4 "hikers" who want to know where "it" is. Soon after, he finds out his stepfather has had a heart attack, precipitated by financial problems at the brewery he owns. Alex gets pulled in to try and sort things out. I liked this horsey book quite a lot. Interesting plot to unravel.

"To the Hilt" is, I'll be honest, the last in my opinion of Francis's really, really good novels. After that they were just good. It's also one of the last of his "artist-hero" books, this time about Alexander Kincaid, nephew to the laird (yes, really) and semi-starving artist, who lives in a bothie in the Highlands and paints golf courses (yes, really). He's the family outcast who is called upon to save the family finances and honor when things go awry.There are more or less three intertwined