The Danger
M. Joseph, 1983; Putnam, 1984
A serial kidnapper seems to be targetting people connected to racing, including Alessia Cenci, one of the best woman jockeys in the world. Andrew travels from Italy to England to Washington, DC in search of the kidnapper.
Characters
- Andrew Douglas
- partner in the firm of Liberty Market Ltd., advises people on how not to get kidnapped and negotiates with kidnappers once a grab has taken place.
- Alessia Cenci
- 23, one of the best woman jockeys in the world, kidnap victim
- Enrico Pucinelli
- carabinieri officer in charge of the official investigations in Italy
- Paolo Cenci
- Alessia's dad
- "Him"
- kidnapper
- Lorenzo Traventi
- delivered the first ransom, got shot when the carabinieri tried to ambush the kidnappers
- Ricardo Traventi
- 18, Lorenzo's younger brother
- Giorgio Traventi
- lawyer, agreed to act as a negotiator between Paolo Cenci and the kidnappers (Sorry, that's all I wrote down last time. I'll finish the list next time I read it.)
Favorite passages
A serial kidnapper seems to be targetting people connected to racing, including Alessia Cenci, one of the best woman jockeys in the world. Andrew travels from Italy to England to Washington, DC in search of the kidnapper. The first time Alessia goes to the races after her kidnapping, Andrew drove her. He says
We drove to Brighton and talked of many things for which there had never been peace enough before; of likes and dislikes, places, books, people; cabbages and kings.
Chosen by members of the reading group in the late 1990s. From The Danger by Dick Francis.
The group read it
We discussed The Danger on December 1, 1997.
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