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Dick Francis
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.
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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…
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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
A Dick Francis novel from the author of Dick Francis’s GAMBLE and Dick Francis’s BLOODLINE /
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…
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…
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…
Dick Francis (Fiction)
When accountant and steeplechase jockey Roland Britten wakes in a pitch-black room with his hands bound, he knows he’s entered a nightmare of someone else’s making. Now, with his life…
From the Grand Master of crime fiction comes his debut novel, now reissued ina stunning new package.
When a champion jockey disappears–right before a big race and the birth of his child–Investigator David Cleveland bets on foul play. Reissue.
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…
Veteran horseman Randall Drew travels to Moscow to help the Russian royal family but ends up caught in a world of jealousy, sabotage, and murder. Reissue.
When reporter Bert Checkov falls to his death, his colleague James Tyrone thinks he can prove it was murder. But there’s not such thing as a sure thing.
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.
Australian horse breeder Daniel Roke resisted money to investigate a scandal involving drugged racehorses. But when another investigator dies, Roke learns that men who give drugs to horses can do…
Sid Halley’s glory days as a jockey are over, but he still finds a certain satisfaction in successfully solving a case. His latest one, though, could prove to be his…
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…
A closed-door enquiry has found a jockey guilty of the lowest possible crime–throwing a race for money. With his reputation scarred, the jockey begins his own investigation. But asking the…
A computerized horse-betting system falls into Jonathan Derry’s hands–and unless he returns it to the rightful owners, the odds of his survival are slim to none. Reissue.
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…
Writer John Kendall travels to England to interview a racehorse trainer with something to hide–a secret that could threaten Kendall’s life.
Rob Finn’s winning streak made him one of the most sought-after steeplechase jockeys. But his subsequent collapse in form surprised no one more than himself. As word spreads that Finn…
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…
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…
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…
Reluctantly agreeing to locate a missing priceless breeding stallion for his employer, Gene Hawkins suddenly finds himself the target of millionaire Dave Teller’s socialite wife, as he falls in love…
When longtime jockey Philip Nore beings to suspect that a racetrack photographer’s fatal accident was really murder, he sets out to find the truth and trap a killer. But in…
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…
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.
A superbly crafted collection of 13 tightly plotted tales that treats readers to murder, mystery, and mayhem in the world of horse racing. Reissue.
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…
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…
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…
Malcolm Pembroke didn’t get rich without making a few enemies - not least among the five wives and nine children left like wreckage in his wake. But when Moira, his…
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…
Kit Fielding will do whatever it takes to stop the killing of racehorses. Not an easy task considering that the woman he adores is leaving him, an international arms dealer…
Ex-jockey Freddie Croft now runs a fleet of vehicles which transport racehorses across the British Isles and Europe. But when two of his drivers pick up a hitchhiker who ends…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
Injured steeplechase jockey Derek Franklin must recover $1.5 million worth ofmissing diamonds and find out who wanted his brother dead–or else his careerwon’t be the only thing in danger of…
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.
Wine merchant Tony Beach has expertly catered his latest society soiree, but the fun’s over when a team of hit men crash the party. The event leaves Tony with a…
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…
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.
