NMLP P-006577 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-04

Whip Hand

Dick Francis · Michael Joseph (London) · 1979

It won the 1979 CWA Gold Dagger and the Edgar Award for Best Novel (awarded 1981 for the 1980 US edition) — one of only two novels to take both honors, alongside Le Carre's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-006577 for "Whip Hand" by Dick Francis (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-006577, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).