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Slay Ride by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction
A smash hit novel now in trade?from ?a rare and magical talent? who never writes the same story twice.?(San Diego Union-Tribune) A New York Times Notable Book Slay Ride finds British investigator David Cleveland betting on foul play when a champion jockey disappears?right before a big race and the birt ...Show more
Slay Ride by Dick Francis
Category: Crime Fiction
David Cleveland is sitting in a dinghy in a Norwegian fjord. He's helping the Norwegians to find out why a visiting English rider has done a runner with the racehorse takings. It should be straightforward, but when the dinghy is hit by a speedboat and Cleveland almost drowns, he realises there's more to ...Show more
Smokescreen by Dick Francis
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller Ser.
Dick Francis has written forty-one novels, a volume of short stories (Field of 13), his autobiography (The Sport of Queens) and the biography of Lester Piggott. He is justly acclaimed as one of the greatest thriller writers in the world. He has received many awards, amongst them the prestigious Crime Wr ...Show more
Smokescreen by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction
Edward Lincoln had scaled the Himalayas, survived deadly car chases, defeated scores of assassins. As a film action man he'd even suffered stoically at the hands of sadistic directors. After finishing his latest film, he's asked to visit South Africa to discover why a dying friend's horses are suddenly ...Show more
Straight by Dick Francis
Category: True Crime
Derek Franklin is an injured jockey. The last fence at Cheltenham has left him on crutches. But his brother's death means even bigger trouble. He inherits a jewellery business, a mistress - and some very shadowy business associates. Franklin likes to play things straight. But with GBP1.5 million in diam ...Show more
The Danger by Dick Francis
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: A\Dick Francis Novel Ser.
When a string of kidnappings rocks the horse racing world, Andrew Douglas is brought in to recover the missing--without becoming the next victim. Reissue.
The Edge by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction
Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time 'A fast-paced book full of twists and surprises, taking us from one side of Canada to the other' 5***** Reader Review 'Grips you from the first sentence. Exciting, nerve-tingling: Dick Francis at his best' ...Show more
To the Hilt by Dick Francis
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller Ser.
Alexander Kinloch found solitude and a steady income painting in a bothy on a remote Scottish mountain. Until the morning the strangers arrived to rough him up, and Alexander was dragged reluctantly back into the real and violent world he thought he had left behind. Millions of pounds are missing from h ...Show more