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Dick Francis
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.
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
Champion jockey Sid Halley retired from racing when his hand was smashed in a fall. Now he works as a private detective - which is proving to be no less…
Felix Francis
Felix Francis is back with another edge-of-your-seat thriller, in the classic Dick Francis tradition.
Undercover investigator Jeff Hinkley is assigned by the British Horseracing Authority to look into the activities…
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Francis Lynde
This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten Alpha Editions has made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book…
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Steeplechase jockey Christmas Kit Fielding has had more than his share of close calls both on and off the course. But trouble hits close to home when a grudge between…
A racing thriller in which a champion steeplechase jockey goes unhesitatingly to the aid of a Princess, his chief patron, who is facing serious trouble.
Dick Francis,Felix Francis
Captain Thomas Forsyth’s tour of Afghanistan is cut brutally short when he is badly wounded by a roadside bomb. Returning home, to his mother - a racehorse trainer and the…
Royal Ascot’s first day, and bookmaker Ned Talbot watches helplessly as a string of favourites come in. With the punters totting up their winnings, he counts his losses. Then an…
From award-winning author Dick Francis and his son, Felix, comes Geoffrey Mason–a defense barrister whose true passion is riding his thoroughbred. When a fellow jockey is accused of murdering a…
Shell-shocked and missing a foot, lost to an IED during his tour of duty in Afghanistan, Captain Tom Forsyth uses his finely honed military skills to find the person blackmailing…
On the first day of Royal Ascot, a man steps forward claiming to be Ned Talbot’s long-lost father. Barely an hour later, the man is found stabbed to death. Ned…
John Francis Callahan
This is a work of historical speculation about the life of Dick Price in Big Sur.
Chosen by bestselling favorite Francis, a collection of first-rate, fast-paced horse racing stories by famous authors, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, J.P. Marquand, Beryl Markham, John Galsworthy, Sherwood Anderson, Edgar…
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…
A movie star must give the performance of his life when he crosses paths with killers while investigating racehorse tampering in South Africa.
Steven Scott had no horse-racing experience, but with the guidance of his trainer and the prowess of a beautiful black hurdler, he has brought home several wins. But his winning…
Charged with throwing a race for personal profit, Jockey Kelly Hughes and trainer Dexter Cranfield have been barred from racing. But Hughes refuses to take the vicious frame-up lying down.
English agent Gene Hawkins is restlessly facing three weeks of vacation with only his tormented past for company. So when his boss asks him to help millionaire Dave Teller locate…
A classic mystery from one of the world’s most popular authors. In his first case as a detective, ex-jockey Sid Halley goes up against a field of thoroughbred criminals–and the…
A successful painter who loves going to the track finds himself in the biggest race of his life as he works to clear his cousin’s name and trap a ruthless…
Roland Britten, accountant and amateur jockey, awakens one morning to find himself held captive. Was this related to his unexpected win at the Cheltenham Gold Cup? Or his knowledge of…
Movie star Edward Lincoln is plunged into a plot of gold, greed, and wealth when his godmother asks him to investigate her racehorses in South Africa. Edward must uncover a…
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Barbora Zikmundov
The main purpose of the work is the comparative analysis of the English books Dead Cert and Wild Horses written by horseman and novelist Dick Francis and translated into Czech…
Stephen Sugden
As of 2006, Dick Francis has written one volume of collected short stories and 38 novels, most of which contain one or more elements related to British horse racing. This…
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