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| Dead Heat |
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On the heels of Under Orders, “Francis once again proves himself a master. Wow.” (BOOKLIST)
Max Moreton is a rising culinary star—until his guests fall victim to severe food poisoning—and then a bomb blast rips through... Read More |
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| Publication Date: September 2008 |
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| Under Orders |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| Sid knows the perils of racing all too well, but in his day jockeys didn't usually cross the finish line with three .38 rounds in the chest-which is how he found Huw Walker, the winner of a coveted race only a few hours earlier. Now Halley's... Read More |
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| Publication Date: August 2007 |
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| In the Frame |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| A successful painter who loves going to the track finds himself in the biggest race of his life as he works to clear his cousin's name-and trap a ruthless killer before the killer traps him. |
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| Publication Date: September 2006 |
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| Risk |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| A yacht in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea might seem like an ideal vacation to many, but for racehorse jockey Roland Britten it is nothing but a nightmare as this seemingly ideal location is where he awakes, tied and blindfolded, the day... Read More |
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| Publication Date: August 2006 |
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| Rat Race |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| In this newly repackaged novel from the master of crime fiction and equine thrills, pilot Matt Shore is hired to fly four racing buffs to the track-and then forced to make an emergency landing just minutes before his plane explodes. Luckily,... Read More |
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| Publication Date: June 2006 |
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| Smokescreen |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| Edward Lincoln isn’t a detective, but he plays one in the many popular films he’s starred in over the course of his successful career. So when his godmother asks him to look into a mystery surrounding her fatigued race horses,... Read More |
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| Publication Date: May 2006 |
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| Triple Crown: Three Complete Novels |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| Steeplechase jockey Alan York investigates the mysterious death of a friend and rival in Dead Cert, while a misfit young jockey from a family of musicians discovers the sinister purpose behind his losing streak in Nerve, and Australian horse... Read More |
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| Publication Date: September 2005 |
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| Bolt |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| Kit Fielding will do whatever it takes to stop the killing of racehorses. Not an easy task considering that the woman he adores is leaving him, an international arms dealer is threatening him, and Kit's nemesis has plans to knock him off the... Read More |
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| Publication Date: May 2005 |
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| Shattered |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| Renowned glassblower Gerard Logan is shocked when his good friend, jockey Martin Stukely, is killed during a horse race. Logan's shock grows when Stukely's valet thrusts a mysterious videotape into his hands. It seems that some very dangerous... Read More |
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| Publication Date: March 2005 |
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| Decider |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| Architect Lee Morris has plans to restore Stratton Park racecourse to its former grandeur, but the combative Stratton heirs have violent plans of their own. Reprint. |
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| Publication Date: December 2004 |
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| Decider |
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| by Dick Francis |
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A smash hit novel now in trade-from "a rare and magical talent
who never writes the same story twice."(San Diego Union-Tribune)
In Decider, inheriting a small share in a successful racetrack means trouble for... Read More |
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| Publication Date: December 2004 |
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| Win, Place, or Show |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| An omnibus edition brings together a trio of mysteries featuring ex-jockey Sid Halley and set in the world of horseracing, as he trails the man who shot him during a routine stakeout in Odds Against, matches wits with a ruthless racing... Read More |
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| Publication Date: September 2004 |
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| 10 lb Penalty |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| Entering the political arena as the trusted confidant of his politician father, ex-jockey Benedict Juliard finds himself the target of a vicious attack by his father's dangerous enemies, an assault that could not only destroy his own... Read More |
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| Publication Date: August 2004 |
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| Wild Horses |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| We live in a time when many highly regarded and prize-winning novelists have forsaken plot...But the best writers, as well as the most popular, have always known that telling a story is the only way of inducing the reader to turn the pages.... Read More |
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| Publication Date: May 2004 |
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| To the Hilt |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| Alexander Kinloch, a reclusive young painter, is hiding in the Scottish highlands from his aristocratic past and his messy life, when he is summoned to the bedside of his stepfather in London. Alexander's journey is arduous, as the forces... Read More |
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| Publication Date: May 2004 |
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| Wild Horses |
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| by Dick Francis |
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The New York Times Bestseller. A New York Times Notable Book.
From the acclaimed master of mystery and suspense comes a thrilling novel about the illusion of film--and the reality of murder. |
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| Publication Date: May 2004 |
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| Slay Ride |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| David Cleveland travels to Oslo to investigate the disappearance of a champion jockey the night before an international race he was favored to win. Cleveland doesn't believe in coincidences, but he does believe that he might end up on the... Read More |
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| Publication Date: April 2004 |
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| Field of Thirteen |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| This first collection of short stories by Dick Francis (author of 10 Lb. Penalty and more than 30 other horseracing mysteries) pulls together five new tales with eight that have appeared scattered in periodicals over the last three... Read More |
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| Publication Date: March 2004 |
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| Straight |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| Injured steeplechase jockey Derek Franklin must recover $1.5 million worth of missing diamonds and find out who wanted his brother dead-or else his career won't be the only thing in danger of being cut short. |
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| Publication Date: February 2003 |
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| Twice Shy |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| Receiving some music tapes from a friend, young physician Jonathan Derry finds his world turning nightmarish when he realizes that the tapes, a computerized horse-betting system, are coveted by deadly enemies. Reissue. |
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| Publication Date: February 2003 |
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| Break In |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| Successful steeplechase jockey Christmas "Kit" Fielding finds himself attacked, chased, kidnapped, and knifed when he comes to the aid of his twin sister Holly and her husband, Bobby Allardeck, two star-crossed lovers caught in the... Read More |
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| Publication Date: July 2001 |
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| Break In |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| Successful steeplechase jockey Christmas "Kit" Fielding finds himself attacked, chased, kidnapped, and knifed when he comes to the aid of his twin sister Holly and her husband, Bobby Allardeck, two star-crossed lovers caught in the... Read More |
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| Publication Date: July 2001 |
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| Trial Run |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| When someone or something called Alyosha is linked to the mysterious death of a member of the German Riding Team and threatens the safety of England's prime equestrian who is competing in the Moscow Olympics, Randall Drew is sent by the... Read More |
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| Publication Date: January 2001 |
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| Trial Run |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| 'Veteran horseman Randall Drew travels to Moscow to help the Russian royal family but ends up caught in a world of jealousy, sabotage, and murder. Reissue.' |
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| Publication Date: January 2001 |
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| Second Wind |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| BBC meteorologist and Ph.D. physicist Perry Stuart's life is thrown for a loop when he accompanies his thrill-seeking friend Kris Ironside on a dangerous flight through a category-3 hurricane over the Cayman Islands. When the flight maroons... Read More |
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| Publication Date: October 2000 |
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| Slay Ride |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| When a champion jockey disappears-right before a big race and the birth of his child-Investigator David Cleveland bets on foul play. |
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| Publication Date: October 2000 |
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| Second Wind |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| BBC meteorologist and Ph.D. physicist Perry Stuart's life is thrown for a loop when he accompanies his thrill-seeking friend Kris Ironside on a dangerous flight through a category-3 hurricane over the Cayman Islands. When the flight maroons... Read More |
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| Publication Date: October 2000 |
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| Enquiry |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| Racehorse jockey Kelly Hughes has been framed and there's little he can do about it. Set up to look like he had been fixing races with his trainer Dexter Cranfield, Kelly decides he must fight the false accusations, or risk the possibility of... Read More |
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| Publication Date: July 2000 |
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| Odds Against |
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| by Dick Francis |
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One of the greatest living suspense wirters.'
CBS RADIO''
After a fall from a racehorse that permanently crippled a hand, Sid Halley joined a detective agency. But it wasn't until some two-bit hoodlum drilled a slug into his side that... Read More |
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| Publication Date: April 2000 |
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| Dead Cert |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| When Alan York, an amateur jockey, discovers that the fall that had killed his friend, Bill Davidson, had been deliberately planned to affect the outcome of the race, he risks his own life to find the culprits before it is too late. Reprint. |
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| Publication Date: January 2000 |
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| Blood Sport |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| Reluctantly agreeing to locate a missing priceless breeding stallion for his employer, Gene Hawkins suddenly finds himself the target of millionaire Dave Teller's socialite wife, as he falls in love with his own boss's daughter and becomes... Read More |
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| Publication Date: October 1999 |
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| Blood Sport |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| Reluctantly agreeing to locate a missing priceless breeding stallion for his employer, Gene Hawkins suddenly finds himself the target of millionaire Dave Teller's socialite wife, as he falls in love with his own boss's daughter and becomes... Read More |
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| Publication Date: October 1999 |
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| Forfeit |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| When racing columnist James Tyrone is commissioned to write an in-depth study of the Lamplighter horse race, he becomes involved in the mysterious death of another sportswriter and a racing scandal. Reprint. NYT. |
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| Publication Date: February 1999 |
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| Forfeit |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| When racing columnist James Tyrone is commissioned to write an in-depth study of the Lamplighter horse race, he becomes involved in the mysterious death of another sportswriter and a racing scandal. Reprint. |
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| Publication Date: February 1999 |
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| For Kicks |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| Aussie horse breeder Daniel Roke wants nothing to do with the latest rumors of drugged race horses, turning down huge sums of money to investigate. But when a man turns up dead, Roke decides he has no choice but to stop the killer from... Read More |
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| Publication Date: November 1998 |
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| 10-lb. Penalty |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| Ben Juliard's dream of becoming a jockey is overshadowed by his father George's campaign for Parliament, a situation that places father and son at the heart of a series of increasingly dangerous attacks. Reprint. PW. |
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| Publication Date: October 1998 |
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| Nerve |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| From bestselling author Dick Francis, Nerve is the story of a struggling young jockey--a misfit in a family of accomplished musicians--who discovers that his troubling losing streak is caused not by a lack of skill or confidence, but by... Read More |
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| Publication Date: September 1998 |
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| Proof |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| Wine merchant Tony Beach has expertly catered his latest society soiree, but the fun's over when a team of hit men crashes the party...literally. The event leaves Tony with a bitter aftertaste of suspicion--and sets off a mystery that's an... Read More |
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| Publication Date: July 1997 |
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| Come to Grief |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| Sid Halley finally came to believe that his friend Ellis Quint, a paragon of the horse racing world, committed a horrible crime. But the rest of the racing community refuses to accept Halley's charges, turning on Halley instead. |
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| Publication Date: October 1996 |
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| Longshot |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| In England to interview a successful racehorse trainer, writer of travel guides and survival expert John Kendall begins digging for the truth and encounters danger. By the author of Straight. Reprint. NYT. |
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| Publication Date: February 1994 |
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| Knockdown |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| Ex-jockey Jonah Dereham earned some extra money by bidding on a horse for a wealthy American woman, but when some dangerous people show more interest in the horse than he does, he soon finds himself in the middle of a deadly game of tug of... Read More |
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| Publication Date: April 1993 |
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| Bonecrack |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| In charge of his father's stables after a grisly accident lands the old man in the hospital, Neil Grifton finds himself brutally assaulted and abducted and forced to make a tough decision about the business. Reprint. |
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| Publication Date: April 1993 |
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| Bonecrack |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| Left in charge of the family’s stables after his father suffers a debilitating accident, young Neil Grifton is faced with a tough dilemma when violent thugs abduct him and threaten him with a sinister plan of blackmail. |
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| Publication Date: April 1993 |
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| Hot Money |
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| by Dick Francis |
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Francis, an ex-jockey, has a sense of pace that would be the envy of most of his former colleagues....He throws in a doozy of a bonus surprise.'
PEOPLE
Wealthy gold trader Malcolm Pembroke has five ex-wives and nine chidren between... Read More |
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| Publication Date: September 1991 |
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| Reflex |
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| by Dick Francis |
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| Longtime jockey Philip Nore is no ordinary hero. But when he begins to suspect that a racetrack photographer's fatal accident was really murder, he sets out to discover the truth and trap the killer. Slowly, he unravels some nasty secrets of... Read More |
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| Publication Date: August 1990 |
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