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Driving Force by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction
Jockey Freddie Croft thought he'd left the perils behind him when he retired from the jump game. These days he was happy to transport horses from their stables to the races. Until one of his drivers picked up an unlicensed passenger. And brought him back dead. The corpse on the doorstep was Freddie's un ...Show more
Driving Force by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller
Ex-jockey Freddie Croft now runs a fleet of vehicles which transport racehorses across the British Isles and Europe. But when two of his drivers pick up a hitchhiker who ends up dead, Freddie's got a big problem. First, it quickly becomes apparent that the hitcher wasn't quite what he seemed. And secon ...Show more
Even Money by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction
On the first day of Royal Ascot, the crowd rejoices in a string of winning favourites. Ned Talbot has worked all his life as a bookmaker - taking over the family business from his grandfather - so he knows not to expect any sympathy from the punters as they count their winnings, and he counts his losses ...Show more
For Kicks: Horse Racing Thriller by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller Ser.
Common sense said that the whole idea was crazy ... but when offered huge sums of money, Danny Roke finds the proposal intriguing.Daniel Roke didn't want the job. It didn't matter that the man who called himself the Earl of October was offering more money than he'd ever imagined. Daniel couldn't leave h ...Show more
Forfeit by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller Ser.
A classic mystery from Dick Francis, the champion of English storytellers. Bert Checkov, a racing correspondent, drunkenly confesses to fellow Fleet Street hack James Tyrone that he's been giving his readers bum tips for years. Five minutes later, Checkov's fallen out a seventh floor window. Tyrone has ...Show more
Hot Money by Francis Dick
Category: Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller Ser.
A classic mystery from Dick Francis, the champion of English storytellers. Malcolm Pembroke didn't get rich without making a few enemies - not least among the five wives and nine children left like wreckage in his wake. But when Moira, his fifth wife, is murdered and Malcolm believes that someone is o ...Show more
In the Frame by Francis Dick
Category: Fiction
The classic mystery tale from legendary crime writer Dick Francis, in a stunning new paperback package. Charles Todd, a successful artist who paints horses, arrives at his cousin Donald’s house and stumbles on a grisly scene- police cars everywhere, his cousin arrested for murder and Donald’s wife brut ...Show more
Knock Down by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller Ser.
Knock Down is a classic novel from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time. Jonah Dereham is a bloodstock agent who buys and sells horses for his clients. As an ex-jockey, it's the ideal quiet life - until Jonah is attacked by thugs out to sabotage his business. Unfortunately for ...Show more
Longshot by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller Ser.
Life as a writer is colder, hungrier work than John Kendall bargained for. Not even the survival guides he's written can help him. So when notorious racehorse trainer Tremayne Vickers approaches Kendall to write his biography, it's an offer he can't turn down. Kendall becomes immersed in his host's life ...Show more
Nerve by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller Ser.
Rob Finn was a bit of a misfit; a struggling young jockey in a family of accomplished musicians, a man in love with a beautiful young woman who wouldn't have him because they were first cousins, a rider who - just as it looked like he'd break into racing's big time - lost his nerve. Or did he? The horse ...Show more