Dick Francis
Under Orders
By: Dick Francis
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 quest...
Published: Aug 2007
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - General
Pages: 384
The Danger
By: Dick Francis
When a string of kidnappings rocks the horse racing world, Andrew Douglas is brought in to recover the missing-without becoming the next victim.
Published: Sep 2010
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - General
Pages: 304
Dead Heat
By: Dick Francis
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 the...
Published: Sep 2008
Genre: Fiction - Thrillers
Pages: 416
Silks
By: Dick Francis
From Dick Francis and his son, Felix, comes Geoffrey Mason—a defense barrister whose true passion is riding his Thoroughbred. Mason's two lives collide when a fellow jockey is accused of murdering a colleague with a pitchfork. Mason prefers not to...
Published: Aug 2009
Genre: Fiction - Thrillers
Pages: 432
High Stakes
By: Dick Francis
Steven Scott is a wealthy man new to world of horse racing. When beginner’s luck brings him win after win with only his first horse, Scott soon finds himself the target of dangerous killer, someone working from within his very own stables.
Published: Apr 2006
Genre: Fiction - General
Pages: 304
Even Money
By: Dick Francis
Ned Talbot is a small-time bookmaker on the edge of giving it all up when his world is turned upside down by a man who claims to be his father, long thought dead. And when the mysterious stranger is murdered, Ned feels compelled to find out exactly...
Published: Aug 2010
Genre: Fiction - Thrillers
Pages: 448
Trial Run
By: Dick Francis
Veteran horseman Randall Drew travels to Mosow to help the Russian royal family--but ends up caught in a world of jealousy, sabotage, and murder.
Published: Sep 2004
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - General
Pages: 260
Smokescreen
By: Dick Francis
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, Lincoln...
Published: May 2006
Genre: Fiction - General
Pages: 304
Driving Force
By: Dick Francis
At 35, Freddie Craft has retired as a steeplechase jockey and now runs a fleet of motor horseboxes transporting runners from their stables to the races, or brood mares to the stud farms. When a hitch hiker is picked up and someone dies, Freddie is...
Published: Jan 2010
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional British
Pages: 336
In the Frame
By: Dick Francis
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.
Published: Sep 2006
Genre: Fiction - General
Pages: 304
Rat Race
By: Dick Francis
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, no one...
Published: Jul 2006
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - General
Pages: 304
Break In
By: Dick Francis
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 middle...
Published: Jul 2001
Genre: Fiction - Suspense
Pages: 312
Risk
By: Dick Francis
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 after...
Published: Aug 2006
Genre: Fiction - General
Pages: 272
Field of Thirteen
By: Dick Francis
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 decades. One of...
Published: Mar 2004
Genre: Fiction - Short Stories (single Author)
Pages: 304
Come to Grief
By: Dick Francis
Convinced that one of his closest friends, a renowned racer, is behind a series of violent acts, Sid Halley faces the most troubling case of his career and becomes the target of backlashing fans and media representatives. Reprint. NYT. AB.
Published: Oct 1996
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - General
Crossfire
By: Dick Francis
Shell-shocked after losing a foot during his tour in Afghanistan, Captain Tom Forsyth returns to his estranged mother's house. His mother has always put horses first and family last. But now she's being blackmailed for a hefty sum every week and...
Published: Aug 2011
Genre: Fiction - Thrillers
Pages: 448
Comeback
By: Dick Francis
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.
Published: Mar 2010
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional British
Pages: 336
Longshot
By: Dick Francis
"Fast-paced, meticulously plotted...Nobody sets up a mystery better than Dick Francis."SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLETravel writer John Kendall didn't think he was doing anything too out of the ordinary when he tramped off to rural England...
Published: Feb 1994
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - General
Banker
By: Dick Francis
Investment banker Tim Ekaterin thought arranging the purchase of a champion racehorse was a sure thing-but he never gambled on getting caught up in murder.
Published: Nov 2010
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - General
Pages: 320
Twice Shy
By: Dick Francis
A computerized horse-betting system falls into Jonathan Derry's hands--and unless he returns it to the rightful owners, the odds of his survival are slim to none. Reissue.
Published: Mar 1990
Genre: Fiction - Anthologies (multiple Authors)
Pages: 284
Forfeit
By: Dick Francis
When reporter Bert Checkov falls to his death, his colleague James Tyrone thinks he can prove it was murder. But there's no such thing as a sure thing.
Published: Apr 2005
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - General
Pages: 248
Bonecrack
By: Dick Francis
Abducted by two men, Neil Griffon discovers that unless he agrees to their unreasonable demands, they will destroy his father's precious horses and racing stable-and, ultimately, Neil himself. Returned to his father's stables, he must find a way to...
Published: Jun 2006
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - General
Pages: 304
Reflex
By: Dick Francis
As rousing and straightforward as a stretch drive to the wire.'NEWSWEEKDick Francis is no ordinary mystery writer, and jockey Philip Nore is no ordinary hero. When Nore begins to suspect that a track photographer's fatal accident was really...
Published: Aug 1990
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - General
To the Hilt
By: Dick Francis
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 that laid...
Published: Jun 2004
Genre: Fiction - Suspense
Pages: 352
Decider
By: Dick Francis
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 architect Lee Morris,...
Published: Dec 2004
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - General
Longshot
By: Dick Francis
To John Kendall it seemed a good idea to throw in his job in order to write a novel. Ten months later it seems an equally good idea to write the biography of Tremayne Vickers, a National Hunt racehorse trainer. By the end of the commission he will...
Published: May 2010
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - General
Pages: 320
Win, Place, or Show
By: Dick Francis
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 syndicate in...
Published: Sep 2004
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - General
Pages: 642
10-lb. Penalty
By: Dick Francis
Ben Juliard had wanted to become a jockey. But his father, a prominent politician, pulled strings behind the scenes, and Ben found himself playing a role in George Juliard's campaign for Parliament. Now Ben needs to do more than smile for the...
Published: Oct 1998
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional British
Pages: 306
Comeback
By: Dick Francis
En route from Tokyo to a holiday in England, British First Secretary Peter Darwin stops in Miami, where he is caught in a mugging that may have links to his childhood home in England. Reprint.
Published: Feb 1994
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - General
Driving Force
By: Dick Francis
"Delightful...A tense, fast-paced new mystery...boasting a resolute, resourceful, and modest hero and lots of racetrack characters and color."SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLETransporting racehorses to the course is big business for ex-jockey...
Published: Feb 1994
Genre: Fiction - Action & Adventure