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Banker by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller
A classic mystery from Dick Francis, the champion of English storytellers. Tim Ekaterin has a lot of money. Unfortunately, it is other people's, and it is his job to invest it wisely, or get fired. And right now he's taken a big risk: using 5 million to stud a champion racing stallion. When the resultin ...Show more
Bolt by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction
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' best runners are being wantonly destroyed - shot by a bolt. The only person she can turn to is Kit, but he has problems of his own. His fianc ...Show more
Bolt by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller Ser.
When Kit Fielding, champion steeplechase jockey, finds out that his chief patron, Princess Casilia, is facing an increasingly serious threat, he goes unhesitatingly to her aid. Neither realises that his instinctive support is the first step towards a frightening battle involving violent risk, with the h ...Show more
Come to Grief by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller Ser.
Come to Grief is a classic novel from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time. Sid Halley, ex-champion jockey turned investigator, is facing his toughest test. A number of horses have been brutally mutilated, horrifying their owners and the general public. Even Sid's friend, broad ...Show more
Comeback by DICK FRANCIS
Category: Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller Ser.
Foreign Office diplomat Peter Darwin is England, back to hischildhood home of Gloucestershire. But instead of a pleasant trip down memory lane, Peter finds himself coming to the aid of a veterinary surgeon whose operating theatre is rapidly turning into an abattoir. In fact a string of valuable racehor ...Show more
Crossfire by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction
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 and the 'First Lady' of racing - Tom discovers the training business is on the edge, and facing a threat far more dangerous than a run of ba ...Show more
Crossfire by Dick Francis; Felix Francis
Category: Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller Ser.
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Crossfire by Francis Dick & Francis Felix
Category: Fiction
Captain Thomas Forsyth's tour of Afghanistan is cut brutally short when he's badly wounded by an IED – an Improvised Explosive Device, a roadside bomb. Tom's world is torn apart by the injury the Army is his life. Six months of recuperation leave is a daunting prospect – but not as bleak as the probabil ...Show more
Dead Cert by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller Ser.
Dead Cert is a classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time. 'Admiral met the fence perfectly. He rose to it as if flight were not only for birds. And he fell.' Alan York's friend, jockey Bill Davidson, was killed in Admiral's fall. After the race, York visits the ...Show more
Dead Heat by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction
Max Moreton's food is suspected of putting twenty-four dinner guests in hospital. Within hours, Max's restaurant is forcibly closed, his reputation teeters on the brink of ruin, and a court case looms. But the day is far from over, for soon Max Moreton finds himself desperately fighting for more than ju ...Show more