Dick Francis himself did not take part in writing the book “Gamble” (Gamble, 2011); the novel was written only by his son Felix. The advertising of this book under the name of Dick Francis is nothing more than a ploy of booksellers. *** During the Grand National races at Aintree, in front of hundreds of people, an unknown person kills Geb Kovak, a financial adviser to the firm Lyall and Black, a man at first glance completely law-abiding and not involved in criminal stories. Nick Foxton, a former jockey, friend and colleague of Kovak, and also, by unfortunate chance, a direct witness to the crime, simply cannot stay away. And when bullets begin to whistle above his head, he becomes convinced that the investigation he has started, or rather, its speedy completion, is the only way to stay alive. However, here it’s like at a horse race: if luck smiles, heads come up - you’re a winner, if you miss the chance, tails come up - you’ll fly out of the saddle, and someone else will take away a valuable prize. Too valuable a prize...