Shattered

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About this book

When jockey Martin Stukely dies following a fall at Cheltenham races, he accidentally embroils his friend Gerard Logan in a perilous search for a stolen video tape. Logan is a glass-blower on the verge of widespread acclaim for the ingenuity of his work. Long accustomed to the frightful dangers inherent in molten glass and in maintaining a furnace at never less than 1,800F, he is suddenly faced with a series of terrifying threats to his business and to his life.But the chilling race to find the tape throws more hazards in Logan's way than his dead jockey friend could ever have imagined.

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3.9/5 · 6772 readers · 292 pages · ≈ 5 h 24 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read Shattered?

About ≈ 5 h 24 m — 292 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mShattered~5 h 24 m

How many pages is Shattered?

292 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320Shattered292

What genre is Shattered?

It sits on the Thriller, Mystery, Fiction shelves.

Is Shattered in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Where does Shattered take place?

It is set in England.

Who wrote Shattered?

Dick Francis (1920–2010).

Setting England
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