Teenager Benedict Juliard has no other ambition than to ride in steeplechases as an amateur jockey. Having agreed not to do anything that could destroy his father’s growing public service and political career, Ben finds himself targeted in an...
Формат:
только полные версии
Angst und Unsicherheit gehen um auf dem Rennplatz von Dunstable. Art Mathews schießt sich unter den Augen seiner Jockey-Kollegen eine Kugel in den Kopf. Doch er ist nur das erste Opfer einer mysteriösen Unglücksserie. Erst Rob Finn,...
Dick Francis "Außenseiter",originaltitel "Longshot". John Kendall, Verfasser von Ratgebern fürs Überlebenstraining in Dschungel und Wüste, nimmt das Angebot an, die Biographie eines berühmten Pferdetrainers zu schreiben. Als...
Blood ties can mean trouble, chains and fatal obligation. Champion steeplechase jockey Kit Fielding, snared by bonds reaching back into history, discovers this to be only too true when he finds he cannot escape from an intensely dangerous situation....
Young investment banker Tim Ekaterin suddenly finds himself involved in the cutthroat world of thoroughbred racing — and discovers his unexceptional world of business blown to smithereens. When the multimillion-dollar loan he arranges to finance...
Gene Hawkins, investigator (of a special sort) by trade, was expert at arranging events so that they appeared accidental to all involved. Therefore when he himself became a witness to an “accident” his curiosity flared up bright, and he insisted...
When Kit Fielding, champion steeplechase jockey, finds that Princess Casilia, his chief patron, is facing serious trouble, he goes unhesitatingly to her aid. Neither realises that his instinctive support is the first step to a frightening battle...
This thriller, set in Newmarket, centres around Neil Griffon who is abducted by two ruthless men. When he is set free he is the victim of vicious threats, weird extortion, and a nerve-wracking war of...
SID HALLEY
Sid Halley, the ex-champion jockey turned investigator who appears in Odds Against and Whip Hand, is back. In Come to Grief he faces new dangers, new deeply demanding decisions.
Sid has uncovered an obnoxious crime...
In Comeback, seinem dreißigsten Roman, setzt Dick Francis den vielen namenlosen, unbesungenen Helden hinter den PferdesportKulissen, den Tierärzten, ein Denkmal. Tatort ist Cheltenham, Schauplatz des jährlich ausgetragenen Cheltenham...