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Come to Grief by Dick Francis
Category: Crime 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
Comeback by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction
Peter Darwin was hoping for some quiet leave from the Foreign Office. Instead he found himself in the village of his childhood - at the service of a veterinary surgeon whose operating theatre was rapidly acquiring an unwanted reputation as an abattoir. The sudden unexplained death of a string of valuabl ...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
'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.' The night before the Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket sees the great and the good of the horse-racing community gathered for a prestigious black-tie Gala dinner. It is a fitting testamen ...Show more
Dead Heat by Dick Francis
Category: Crime and Thriller
'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.' The night before the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket sees the great and the good of the horse-racing community gathered for a prestigious black-tie Gala dinner. It is a fitting testament to th ...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