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Author
Series
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[c1995]
Physical Desc
308p
Language
English
Description
After a tragic suicide disrupts the trial of a much-loved racing figure accused of corruption--a case in which he was to testify--conscience-stricken jockey-turned-sleuth Sid Halley returns to investigate this much too convenient death
2) 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.
3) Blood sport
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1968, c1967]
Edition
[134 U.S. ed.]
Physical Desc
241 p. 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
English agent Gene Hawkins is restlessly facing three weeks of vacation with only his tormented past for company. So when his boss asks him to help millionaire Dave Teller locate a prized missing stallion, he accepts. But he gets more action than he bargained for when he draws the affection of his boss' beautiful teenage daughter, advances from Teller's socialite wife, and the deadly attention of the horse thieves, who would be happy to put Hawkins...
4) Risk
Author
Publisher
Harper and Row
Language
English
Description
"The thrills, the terror, come on a mile-a-minute. . . . A particularly ingenious . . . novel of suspense" from a New York Times–bestselling author (Publishers Weekly).
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
When he wakes in a pitch black room with his hands bound, Roland Britten, accountant and champion steeplechase jockey, knows he's entered a nightmare...
5) Break in
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam
Pub. Date
1986
Physical Desc
[317] p.
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...
6) Decider
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[c1993]
Physical Desc
320p
Language
English
Description
After becoming involved with the Stratton Park racecourse, Lee Morris, a young architect, engineer, and builder, finds himself reluctantly drawn into the deadly infighting among members of the clan that owns the facility
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
xii, 287 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A superbly crafted collection of thirteen tightly plotted tales that treats readers to murder, mystery, and mayhem in the world of horseracing.
With his remarkable blend of unrelenting suspense, finely tuned narrative, and lean, stylish prose, New York Times bestselling author Dick Francis proves that he
is as much a master of the short story as he is of the novel in this thrilling collection.
8) Comeback
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1991
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling Grand Master of Crime Fiction
Foreign Office diplomat Peter Darwin uncovers a peculiar operation involving a veterinary surgeon and the unexplained deaths of several valuable racehorses.
9) Straight
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1989
Physical Desc
srs p.
Language
English
Description
Thirty-four-year-old Derek Franklin, recovering from a race injury, is thrown into familial chaos when his older brother Greville dies from a bizarre, seemingly random accident. With little more to go on than his brother's expensive toys and a few vague diary entries, Derek becomes more and more convinced that his very straight brother was brought down by some crooked men.
10) Shattered
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
The accidental death of jockey Martin Stukely implicates his friend Gerard Logan, a glassblower, in a dangerous search for a missing videotape.
11) For kicks
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1965]
Edition
[1st ed.]
Physical Desc
244 p. 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dick Francis takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing with this story of a reluctant detective and a scandal turned deadly.
Australian horse breeder Daniel Roke had resisted the exorbitant sum of money offered by a suave Englishman to investigate a scandal involving drugged racehorses.
But after another investigator dies mysteriously, Roke agrees to fill his shoes, and learns that men who would give drugs to horses are capable of doing...
12) The danger
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1984
Physical Desc
320 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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.
13) Even money
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the first day of Royal Ascot, small-time bookmaker Ned Talbot finds his life thrown into turmoil when a man claiming to be his father--whom he had long thought to be dead--becomes the victim of a stabbing at the race track and passes along a mysterious warning to Ned.
14) Second wind
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
15) Twice shy
Author
Series
Publisher
BBC Audio
Pub. Date
1989, 2001
Edition
Unabridged
Physical Desc
8 sound discs (ca. 6 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dick Francis whips up a fast-paced race through the risky world of horse betting. Offering little explanation, a friend thrusts some cassette tapes into Jonathan Derry's hands. But when the young man tries to play them, he realizes that instead of “Oklahoma!”, he's been given taped computer programs. Exploring the lines of code, Jonathan discovers that they can help him predict and beat any racing odds. It's not long before Jonathan is pulled...
16) Under orders
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Formats
Description
When three corpses turn up on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day, including a jockey who had earlier in the day won the Triumph Hurdle, ex-jockey-turned-sleuth Sid Halley investigates a possible link to Lord Enstone's mysterious losing streak.
17) Hot money
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1988, c1987
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
[324] p.
Language
English
20) Dead heat
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
511 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English