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Francis Lynde
Francis Lynde (1856-1930) was an American author. Three of his books were adapted to film. He was born in Lewiston, New York, and wrote adventure novels set in the American…
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Felix Francis
New York Times bestselling author Felix Francis continues his father’s legacy of suspense-driven fiction with Dick Francis’s Damage…
Undercover investigator Jeff Hinkley is assigned by the British Horseracing Authority to…
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Felix Francis continues his father’s New York Times -bestselling legacy with another suspenseful read that’s classic Dick Francis. Grand National winner Nick OFoxyO Foxton is about to watch his luck…
When race caller and television presenter Mark Shillingford calls a race in which his twin sister, Clare, an accomplished and successful jockey, comes in second when she could have won…
A Dick Francis novel from the author of Dick Francis’s GAMBLE and Dick Francis’s BLOODLINE /
Sir Richard Stewart, chairman of the racing authority, begs retired private investigator Sid Halley to investigate a series of dodgy races. Sid adamantly refuses, but the following day, Sir Richard…
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Dick Francis (Fiction)
A classic mystery from one of the world’s most popular authors. In his first case as a detective, former jockey Sid Halley goes up against a field of thoroughbred criminals–and…
From the best writer in the mystery genre (Larry King) comes the story of a jockey who discovers that his losing streak is caused by something sinister. Reissue.
Dick Francis
A wannabe jockey accepts a job in his father’s campaign for Parliament and soon realizes that politics can be the most perilous horse race of all. Reissue.
Jockey Freddie Croft discovers a high-stakes conspiracy that exposes the seedy underside of horse racing–and faces even deadlier odds of survival than in any steeplechase run.
When inventor Stephen Scott abruptly fires his winning trainer Jody Leeds, the racing world is shocked and disgusted - though not quite as angry as Leeds, who swears revenge on…
When a film director hears a friend’s deathbed confession about an unsolved crime that rocked the racing world nearly 30 years ago, he is compelled to pick up the thread…
From the acclaimed master of mystery and suspense comes the story of a self-imposed outcast who must refresh his detection skills in order to save himself and his family. Reissue.
Ex-steeplechaser Randall Drew is reluctantly off to pre-Olympic games Moscow, as a favour to royalty. One of the blue bloods is destined to compete in the games and there are…
At midnight Neil Griffon’s home is broken into and he is abducted by masked men. When he wakes up, hours later, Neil discovers that ‘unless he cooperates’ his kidnappers will…
A high-class, transcontinental horse-racing junket should be an idyllic getaway for the super-rich. However, one passenger on this train is a sociopath, a genius at blackmail and criminal corruption, who…
Sid Halley, former jockey-turned-detective, returns. Death at the races is not uncommon, but three in one day–including a winning horse and champion jockey–are more than enough to raise Halleys suspicions…
After his friend is killed in a horse-racing accident, up-and-coming glass artisan Gerard Logan finds himself embroiled in a deadly search for a stolen videotape that just might destroy his…
When his plane goes down during a hurricane, weatherman Perry Stuart is stranded on a desolate Caribbean island. What he sees there gives him zero chance of survival.
A superbly crafted collection of 13 tightly plotted tales that treats readers to murder, mystery, and mayhem in the world of horse racing. Reissue.
An omnibus edition brings together a trio of mysteries featuring ex- jockey Sid Halley and set in the world of horseracing, as he trails the man who shot him during…
Physics teacher (and crack shot) Jonathan Derry is given some tapes to look after by a friend. They’re not your usual tapes: they hold a computer programme which functions as…
When Kelly Hughes rides the favourite into second place, he gets penalized for his trouble. Not only has he lost the race, but also his licence, as the Jockey Club…
Bert Checkov, a racing correspondent, drunkenly confesses to fellow Fleet Street hack James Tyrone that he’s been giving his readers bum tips for years. Five minutes later, Checkov’s fallen out…
Architect Lee Morris has plans to restore the Stratton Park racecourse to itsformer grandeur. But the combative Stratton heirs have violent plans of theirown. Reissue.
Matt Shore is a pilot down on his luck. Once he’d flown big jets and dropped supplies in war zones. Now he’s ferrying high-class passengers between English race courses. But…
Charles Todd, a successful artist who paints horses, arrives at his cousin Donald’s house and stumbles on a grisly scene: police cars everywhere, his cousin arrested for murder and Donald’s…
Jonah Dereham is a bloodstock agent who buys and sells horses for his clients. As an ex-jockey, it’s the ideal quiet life - until Jonah is attacked by thugs out…
Edward Lincoln has scaled the Himalayas, survived deadly car chases and defeated scores of assassins. As a movie action man he’s even suffered stoically at the hands of sadistic directors…
Alan York’s friend, jockey Bill Davidson, was killed in Admiral’s fall. After the race, York visits the fence and discovers a coil of wire lying beside the fence post and…
Steeplechase jockey Kit Fielding has just ridden another winner for his patron - the Princess - when his twin sister Holly comes to him with terrible news. A newspaper is…
Amateur jockey Lord Henry Grey decides on a whim to join the bloodstock market, transporting racehorses around the world. And when he meets the glamorous Gabriella in Italy, he is…
Gene Hawkins is a fixer for his boss Mr Keeble: if Keeble has a problem, Gene goes and fixes it. It’s that simple. Sometimes it requires the Luger he carries…
Just after learning that his stepfather is gravely ill, artist Al Kinloch, returning to his remote home in the Scottish Highlands, is attacked by four men. They ask one question…
Daniel Roke owns a stud farm in Australia. He’s young, smart, hard-working and desperate for some excitement - all of which makes him the ideal candidate for the Earl of…
When a string of kidnappings rocks the horse racing world, Andrew Douglas is brought in to recover the missing–without becoming the next victim. Reissue.
Tim Ekaterin’s merchant bank, like all banks, invests only in sure things. Now he is about to involve it in a u5 million stallion. Top breeders reckon it’s the safest…
Gerard Logan witnesses the death of his close friend, jockey Martin Stukely, after a fall from his horse. In the aftermath, Gerard is left to pick up the pieces -…
Wine merchant Tony Beach will do anything for a quiet life. But when a party to celebrate the end of the racing season ends in eight violent deaths, he is…
Sid Halley, ex-champion jockey turned investigator, is facing his toughest test. A number of horses have been brutally mutilated, horrifying their owners and the general public. Even Sid’s friend, broadcaster…
Life as a writer is colder, hungrier work than John Kendall had bargained for. Not even the survival guides he’s written can help him. So when notorious racehorse trainer Tremayne…
Jockey Kit Fielding’s patron, Princess Casilia, is in trouble. Her invalid husband is being threatened by a ruthless business partner who wants to use the firm to manufacture arms. At…
Jockey and amateur photographer Philip Nore knows all too well how it feels to take a tumble from a horse. He also knows what it’s like to feel the wrath…
As an amateur jockey, Roland Britten was lucky, and as an accountant he was rigorous. He knew he was on the hate list of several fraudsters, but never thought pen-pushers…
David Cleveland - an investigator for the Jockey Club - is sitting in a dinghy in a pleasant little fjord in Norway. He’s here to help the Norwegians find out…
One-handed ex-jockey Sid Halley works as a private detective, using his racing knowledge to solve crimes that baffle the police. In Whip Hand, Sid is asked to investigate possible doping…
Seventeen-year-old Benedict Juliard’s ambitions of becoming a steeplechase jockey are dashed when he’s falsely accused of taking drugs. For his estranged father, however, this is an opportunity.
Foreign Office diplomat Peter Darwin is returning to England, back to his childhood home of Gloucestershire. But instead of a pleasant trip down memory lane, Peter finds himself coming to…
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