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Dick Francis
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…
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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…
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…
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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…
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.
Foreign Office diplomat Peter Darwin uncovers a peculiar operation involving a veterinary surgeon and the unexplained deaths of several valuable racehorses.
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…
Fabulously wealthy gold-trader Malcolm Pembroke has in his possession something the whole world wants–and anyone could kill for. In fact, even Malcolm’s closest kin are moving in a little too…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Tim Ekaterin has a lot of money. Unfortunately, it is other people’s, and it is his job to invest it wisely, or get fired. And right now he’s taken a…
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…
When former jockey Sid Halley becomes convinced one of his closest friends–and one of the racing world’s most beloved figures–is behind a series of shocking acts, he faces the most…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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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…
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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Felix Timmermans
This classic reveals a deep understanding of Francis and the ideals that enabled him to move the whole world. Filled with humor and beauty, it is a combination of artistry…
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