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10lb Penalty
At eighteen, easy-going Benedict Juliard has no stronger ambition than to ride as an amateur jockey.
10lb Penalty - HB
At eighteen, easy-going Benedict Juliard has no stronger ambition than to ride as an amateur jockey.
At the Track - HB
At the Track: a Treasury of Horse Racing Stories is a collection lining up 23 winning tales of the track. These riveting sagas of crime from the world's major racetracks are guarenteed to get your imagination off and running.
Back Hander - PB
Not much is going right for jockey Alan Morrell. He can’t get the rides he needs and when he sets up a bloodstock partnership a tragic accident robs him of the business and his best friend Lee.
Black Diamond - HB
Michael Knight and Lex Devlin agree to defend a jockey accused of murdering a fellow jockey during a race at Boston's Suffolk Downs
Bolt
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.
Bolt (Large Print) - HB
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.
Bolt - PB
Kit Fielding's patron, Princess Casilia, is in trouble. Her invalid husband, Roland de Brescou, is being threatened by a business partner.
Break-In
Steeplechase jockey Christmas "Kit" Fielding has had more than his share of close calls both on and off the course. But trouble hits close to home when a grudge between his family and his sister's in-laws turns into a blood feud.
Break-In
Family ties mean trouble, chains and fatal obligations. And when steeplechase jockey Kit Fielding comes to the aid of his twin sister and her husband, Bobby Allardeck, even death threatens.
Bred To Win - HB
Capturing the high-spirited infighting of the international thoroughbred business, Bred to Win is the story of an astonishing woman, Annie Grebauer, and the two passions of her life: ...
Come to Grief
When former jockey Sid Halley becomes convinced one of his closest friends and one of the racing world's most beloved figures is behind a series of shocking acts, he faces the most troubling case of the year.
Come to Grief - HB
When former jockey Sid Halley becomes convinced one of his closest friends and one of the racing world's most beloved figures is behind a series of shocking acts, he faces the most troubling case of the year.
Comeback
Peter Darwin, a young First Secretary in the Foreign Office, returns to England from Tokyo for some quiet leave before taking up a new post.
Comeback
Peter Darwin, a young First Secretary in the Foreign Office, returns to England from Tokyo for some quiet leave before taking up a new post.
Comeback - HB
Peter Darwin, a young First Secretary in the Foreign Office, returns to England from Tokyo for some quiet leave before taking up a new post.
Dead Heat
'I wondered if I was dying. I wasn't afraid to die but, such was the pain in my gut, I wished it would happen soon.'
Dead Heat - HB
'I wondered if I was dying. I wasn't afraid to die but, such was the pain in my gut, I wished it would happen soon.'
Decider
Free choice? There's no such thing, according to Lee Morris, architect, engineer, jobbing builder and entrepreneur. Choice is pre-ordained by your personality, he says.
Decider - HB
Free choice? There's no such thing, according to Lee Morris, architect, engineer, jobbing builder and entrepreneur. Choice is pre-ordained by your personality, he says.
Decider - HB
Free choice? There's no such thing, according to Lee Morris, architect, engineer, jobbing builder and entrepreneur. Choice is pre-ordained by your personality, he says.
Driving Force, Decider, To The Hilt
DRIVING FORCE - Punching at shifting shadows, trying to outwit adversaries whose existence he only suspects, not knowing what to believe or whom to trust, Freddie Croft is faced with dangers very different from the old familiar perils of jump racing...
Flying Finish and Hot Money
FLYING FINISH - Lord Henry Grey was an amateur jockey and pilot. But when he decides to abandon his desk-bound job for an active career in the bloodstock market.
Forfeit
A racing reporter with a polio stricken wife suddenly uncovers an ingenious racket and finds himself faced with blackmail, torture and mayhem of all sorts......
Forfeit
Bert Checkov was a Fleet Street racing correspondent with an unnerving talent for tipping non-starters for big races. But the advice he gave James Tyrone, a few minutes before he fell to his death, was of a completely different nature...
Hot Money
Malcolm Pembroke never expected to make a million pounds without making enemies. Nor did he expect his latest wife to be brutally murdered.
Hot Money and In The Frame
HOT MONEY - Malcolm Pembroke never expected to make a million pounds without making enemies. Nor did he expect his latest wife to be brutally murdered.
In the Frame and Dead Cert
IN THE FRAME - Charles Todd makes a living as a painter. Someone else is making a lot more, forging paintings by masters...and selling them to people...people who usually end up dead.
Inside Track
When Jamie Hutchison is released from prison, all he wants to do is escape the past.
Knock Down and Bonecrack
KNOCK DOWN - Its a classic law of the invader. Get to the strongest guy and smash him, and then watch the weaker ones fall like ninepins.
Longshot
Hired to write the biography of a famous trainer, John soon finds himself racing to solve a murder before the killer catches up with him.
Longshot - HB
Hired to write the biography of a famous trainer, John soon finds himself racing to solve a murder before the killer catches up with him.
Outsider
Already a leading jockey in his home country, Jake Felton comes to England to further his career and avoid confrontation with New York's racing mafia.
Picnic Races
Gubba, a sleepy country town, is preparing to celebrate its centenary. The progressives want to promote the town as a tourist centre, with smart hotel and picnic races, while the conservationists want to preserve the original spirit of the town.
Proof
First published in 1984, Proof was Dick Francis's twenty-third bestselling racing thriller. Set in the world of wine and spirits, it is crafted with his usual high standard of drama, suspense and invention.
Proof - HB
Proof was Dick Francis's twenty-third bestselling racing thriller. Set in the world of wine and spirits, it is crafted with his usual high standard of drama, suspense and invention.
Punter's Turf
John Punter, professional gambler and amateur private investigator, has seen his fair share of crime and shady dealings, both on the race track and off it.
Risk
A winner all the way...an amateur jockey who won the Cherlenham Gold Cup is kidnapped, beaten up, bamboozled, and its almost the last page before you find out why...
Risk
A winner all the way...an amateur jockey who won the Cherlenham Gold Cup is kidnapped, beaten up, bamboozled, and its almost the last page before you find out why...
Rough Ride
When amateur jockey Archie Best receives a surprise legacy from an old family friend, it proves to have unwelcome strings attached.
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