Enquiry
Harper, 1969
Characters
- Kelly Hughes
- 30, jockey
- Dexter Cranfield
- trainer
- Lord Gowery
- Disciplinary Steward over the Hughes & Cranfield Enquiry
- Monty Midgely
- supposed to be the disciplinary steward, but got jaundice
- Andrew Tring
- Steward, ex-amateur jockey
- Lord Plimborne
- Steward
- Wykeham Ferth
- Steward, second Baron
- Jim Enders
- jockey who had his license suspended some years back
- Tony
- trainer, Kelly's cousin
- Rosalind
- Kelly's wife, died with her parents in a car accident
- Charlie West
- jockey who was a witness at the Enquiry
- George Newtonnards
- bookmaker, witness at the Enquiry
- Tommy Timpson
- jockey for Cranfield
- Chris Smith
- jockey for Cranfield
- David Oakley
- "enquiry agent"
- Mr Jessel
- owner of Squelch
- Roberta Cranfield
- 19, Cranfield's oldest daughter
- Archie
- Cranfield's head lad
- Mrs. Cranfield
- Mrs. West
- Charlie's wife
- Pelican Jobber
- bookmaker with a grudge against Kelly
- Didi
- David Oakley's secretary
- Teddy Dewar
- landlord of the Great Stag Hotel
- Poppy
- Tony's wife
- Carol
- secretary at Can't Lie, Ltd. (small company that makes films of races)
- Bobbie
- Lord Iceland's son, Roberta's date at the dance
- Edwin Byler
- Trevor Norse
- trainer
- Daddy Leeman
- works for the Daily Witness
- Jack Roxford
- trainer for Edwin Byler's horses
- Grace Roxford
- Jack's wife
- Derek
- Kelly's mechanic
- Honourable Peter Foxcroft
- brother of Lord Middleburg, placed bets for Cranfield
- B.R.S. Timieson
- friend of Teddy Dewar, does research for Kelly
- Old Strepson
- owner of Breadwinner
- Al Roach
- jockey
Favorite passages
One of my favorite quotes from Enquiry, when Kelly is going into the Cranfield house to stop the crazy Grace Roxford and is searching for them throughout the rooms:
The library was uninhabited. A large clock on the mantel ticked loudly. Out of time with my heart.
Chosen by members of the reading group in the late 1990s. From Enquiry by Dick Francis.
The group read it
We discussed Enquiry on May 19, 1997.
This page was first written for the reading group's original site in the late 1990s and was lost when AOL Hometown closed. It has been recovered from the Internet Archive.