For millionaire jockey Alan York, winning is a bonus. For Joe Nantwich, victory means no cushy backhanders; and for Bill Davidson, front running on strongly fancied Admiral, triumph is an imposter. It means murder – his own. Turning private...
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Proprietor of a stud farm in Australia 's Snowy Mountains or muck-raking stable boy in Yorkshire? Danny Roke decides on the latter. It is the change of scene and the challenge that pushes Danny undercover, on the scent of a suspected racehorse...
After a six-year absence from the bestseller lists, Dick Francis roared out of the gate with 2006's Under Orders, demonstrating once again every ounce of his famed narrative drive, brilliant plotting, and simmering suspense. Hard on the heels of...
Crossfire is the new thriller from father son team Dick Francis and 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...
Edgar AwardsThis thriller features Sid Halley from "Odds Against" and the TV series "The Racing Game". This book won the Crime Writers' Association Gold...
A story of drama and intrigue set on the sinister side of the international racing circuit. Tor Kelsey, an undercover agent for the Jockey Club's Security Service trails Julius Apollo Filmer, a blackmailer and murderer, onto a luxury train...
Oferta, jaką Dan Roke – właściciel stadniny w malowniczych krajobrazach Australii – usłyszał z ust hrabiego Octobra, wydawała mu się zbyt kusząca finansowo, by z niej nie skorzystać. Wystarczyło zaszyć się jako stajenny w Yorkshire w...
No en todos los deportes o competencias hípicas se puede permanecer más allá del tiempo natural de actividad. Cada uno exige cierto límite. Uno de esos oficios es ser jinete de caballos entrenados para carrera de...
Bert Checkov was a Fleet Street racing correspondent with a talent for tipping non-starters. But the advice he gave to James Tyrone a few minutes before he fell to his death, was of a completely different nature. James investigates, and soon finds...