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1) Blood sport
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1968]
Language
English
Description
From a New York Times bestseller, "galloping entertainment" about a British secret agent searching for a missing racehorse in the United States (Kirkus Reviews).
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
With only his tormented past for company, Gene Hawkins is restlessly facing three lonely weeks of vacation. So when his boss asks for his help assisting millionaire...
2) Decider
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
Architect and family man Lee Morris never gave much thought to the shares he inherited of the Stratton Park racecourse, the multi-million dollar property owned by the powerful Stratton family. His mother had first received the shares to keep her quiet about the abuse she had suffered at the hands of her first husband, Keith Stratton. Now, much to Lee's chagrin, he is being drawn into the thick of the Stratton family squabbles as they wage a furious...
3) Wild horses
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Once a blacksmith, now famous and respected as a newspaperman, Valentine Clark knows everyone who is anyone in the racing world. Aged, confused, blind and dying, he harbors a daunting secret that he is desperate to be rid of. He makes his last confession to his visiting film-director friend, Thomas Lyon, whom in his delirium he mistakes for a priest. Unburdened and as peace, Valentine passes away, yet his legacy remains, guarded by Thomas. On location...
4) Reflex
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1981]
Language
English
Description
Well-plotted and full of atmospheric charm, Reflex demonstrates the fine style that earned Dick Francis the title of Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America. This fast-paced story of a jockey's courageous murder investigation exposes the politics and corruption at the heart of the British racing world. Philip Nore has no greater ambition than to successfully complete the last years of his career as a jockey, even if it means bending the rules...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Benedict Juliard is an aspiring jockey who must bypass his dreams of horse racing to help his father, George, in his quest to enter the world of politics. At 18, the reserved Benedict is asked by his father to enter into a pact: Neither of the two will do anything that could somehow hinder or destroy George's blossoming political career. Young Benedict, who has no stronger ambition than to ride steeplechase as an amateur jockey, agrees to the pact,...
6) Longshot
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
Jump in the saddle with a sure thing.
Travel writer John Kendall travels to England to interview a racehorse trainer.
Soon enough, however, Kendall realizes that completing the book will be tricky at best. Because the racehorse trainer he's tasked with interviewing has something to hide-a secret that could threaten Kendall's life.
7) Break in
Author
Series
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
Description
Jockey Kit Fielding has been riding the de Brescou's horses in a succession of triumphs on the race course. But this winning streak is about to end. Kit's twin sister, Holly, has come to him in desperation. Threatened by financial scandal, she and her husband may lose their training stables. Kit soon finds, though, that a greater danger lurks behind the threat-one that could be fatal. Narrator Simon Prebble has received enthusiastic praise for his...
8) The danger
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a string of kidnappings rocks the horse racing world, Andrew Douglas is brought in to recover the missing-without becoming the next victim.
9) To the hilt
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Featuring the gripping plot, dramatic settings and believable characters that readers have come to expect from Dick Francis, To the Hilt displays the master at the top of his form. Alexander Kinloch is definitely the black sheep of his noble family, choosing the precarious life of a painter over a lucrative job in his stepfather's brewery. But when a trusted assistant disappears with millions of pounds, Alexander is reluctantly thrust into a foreign...
10) Dead heat
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Max Moreton is a rising culinary star, until nearly all the guests who enjoyed one of his meals at a private catered affair fall victim to severe food poisoning. At his next obligation, an exclusive luncheon for forty in the glass-fronted private boxes at the 2,000 Guineas, a bomb blast rips through the private boxes, killing some of Max's trusted staff and many of the guests. Two close calls are too close for comfort, and Max vows to protect his...
11) Shattered
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
12) Even money
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ned Talbot, a bookmaker working the Royal Ascot, finds himself in a race to solve his father's stabbing--a race where coming in second could cost him more than even money--it could cost him his life.
13) Silks
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Geoffrey Mason, a defense barrister with a passion for horse racing, finds himself caught in the middle of a web of intimidation and danger when he becomes involved in the case of jockey Steve Mitchell, accused of killing a fellow steeplechase rider.
14) Proof
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1985]
Language
English
Description
With this New York Times bestseller, Dick Francis creates an intoxicating blend of the good life, fast horses, and nail-biting suspense. After a shattering accident plunges a society soiree into chaos, an unassuming wine merchant is left with the bitter aftertaste of suspicion and fear. While catering an outdoor party for a prominent horse trainer, Tony Beach hears rumors of inferior whisky being sold under premium labels. All of that is forgotten,...
15) Crossfire
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shell-shocked and missing a foot-lost to an IED during his tour of duty in Afghanistan-Captain Tom Forsyth has been sent "home" by the army and, at loose ends, returns to his estranged mother's house for the first time since he joined up at seventeen. But Josephine Kauri, the "first lady of British racing," has always put the horses she trains first and her family last. Tom soon finds himself strained to the breaking point with his mother and stepfather....
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