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Horse racing --Fiction

  • Wild horses
    Author:
    FRANCIS, Dick
    Summary:

    Thriller set in the world of horse racing, Thomas Lyon, a film director, finds himself caught in a moral dilemma when a close friend confesses to him on his deathbed, mistaking Thomas for a priest.
  • To the hilt
    Author:
    FRANCIS, Dick
    Summary:

    Living in his remote Scottish eyrie Alexander Kinloch is used to seeing hikers. But unlike his usual visitors, they are not asking for a cup of tea or directions. Kicked and punched, he finds himself rolling down the hillside not...
  • The Edge
    Author:
    Dick Francis
    Summary:

    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...
  • Slay-Ride
    Author:
    Dick Francis
    Summary:

    When a champion jockey disappears--right before a big race and the birth of his child--British investigator David Cleveland bets on foulplay
  • Lifeline
    Author:
    FRANCOME, John
    Summary:

    Unlike some of his fellow jockeys, Tony has never ridden a dishonest race. In comparison Freddy has never been fussy about sticking to the rules. Once Freddy's train comes off the rails, the gravy turns to blood.
  • Knockdown
    Author:
    FRANCIS, Dick
    Summary:

    Jonah Dereham is a bloodstock agent, buying and selling horses for a living. But when someone starts sabotaging his business, and colleagues are leaning on him to join kickback schemes, he starts investigating who and why, and begins to...
  • High stakes
    Author:
    FRANCIS, Dick
    Summary:

    The pleasure of a day at Sandown is spoiled for Steven Scott when he sacks the trainer of his horses, a man he once thought of as his friend. For although Jody Leeds seems a bright young workaholic, Scott suspects he's a crook. And...
  • Dead weight
    Author:
    FRANCOME, John
    Summary:

    There's no hiding place for a jump jockey when his courage deserts him. After a crashing fall, champion rider Phil Nicholas returns to racing, but though his body has healed his mind has not. Flashbacks of his accident invade his...
  • Dead heat
    Author:
    FRANCIS, Dick & FRANCIS, Felix
    Summary:

    With his rising culinary career threatened by an episode of food poisoning that affects most of the guests at a private affair that he had catered, Max Moreton finds himself in more trouble when he caters an exclusive luncheon at the...
  • Bolt
    Author:
    FRANCIS, Dick
    Summary:

    Kit Fielding's patron, Princess Casilia, is in trouble. Her invalid husband is being threatened by a business partner and to enforce the threat all the Princess's best runners are being wantonly destroyed - shot by a bolt....
  • 10-lb. penalty
    Author:
    FRANCIS, Dick
    Summary:

    Easy-going young Benedict Juliard has no stronger ambition than to ride in steeple-chases as an amateur jockey. His father requests he does not jeopardize his political career, but enemies within politics can infiltrate even a horse...
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