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To the Hilt by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction | Series: A\Dick Francis Novel Ser.
The classic mystery tale from legendary crime writer Dick Francis, in a stunning new paperback package. Just after learning that his stepfather is gravely ill, artist Al Kinloch, returning to his remote home in the Scottish Highlands, is attacked by four men. They ask one question - 'where is it?' - th ...Show more
Trial Run by Dick Francis
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller Ser.
Ex-steeplechaser Randall Drew is reluctantly off to pre-Olympic games Moscow, as a favour to royalty. One of the blue bloods is destined to compete in the games and there are concerns - both of safety and of scandal - that only Drew, with his racing connections, can sort out. On arriving - speaking no R ...Show more
Twice Shy by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction
When physics teacher Jonathan Derry is unwittingly given some computer tapes containing a bookie-breaking betting system, his sharp-shooting abilities come in extremely handy against the thug who comes looking for them. Fourteen years later, Jonathan's brother William is about to fall victim to the same ...Show more
Twice Shy by Dick Francis
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: A\Dick Francis Novel Ser.
Physics teacher (and crack shot) Jonathan Derry is given some unusual tapes to look after by a friend. They hold a computer programme which functions as a bookie-breaking betting system. When Jonathan's friend is killed in a suspicious explosion and two thugs turn up at his house waving guns and demandi ...Show more
Twice Shy by Dick Francis
Category: Crime Fiction
Physics teacher (and crack shot) Jonathan Derry is given some tapes to look after by a friend. They're not your usual tapes- they hold a computer program which functions as a bookie-breaking betting system. When Jonathan's friend is then killed in a suspicious explosion and two thugs turn up at his hou ...Show more
Under Orders by Dick Francis
Category: Crime and Thrillers
It's the third death on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day that really troubles super-sleuth Sid Halley. Former champion jockey Halley knows the perils of racing all too well - but in his day, jockeys didn't usually reach the finishing line with three .38 rounds in the chest. But this is precisely how he finds joc ...Show more
Under Orders by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction
It's the third death on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day that really troubles super-sleuth Sid Halley. Former champion jockey Halley knows the perils of racing all too well - but in his day, jockeys didn't usually reach the finishing line with three .38 rounds in the chest. But this is precisely how he finds joc ...Show more
Whip Hand by Dick Francis
Category: Crime Fiction
The classic mystery tale from legendary crime writer Dick Francis, in a stunning new paperback package. Ex-jockey Sid Halley is asked to investigate possible doping of the horses of thoroughbred trainer George Casper - whose once-successful mounts have been failing spectacularly on the race track. At ...Show more
Wild Horses by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction
Movie director Thomas Lyon came to Newmarket to rake the ashes of an old Jockey Club scandal for a new Hollywood film. Too late, he found himself listening to a blacksmith's dying confession. Found himself watching as the past came violently back to life. Capturing the shockwaves over one woman's macabr ...Show more
Wild Horses by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction
From acclaimed master of mystery Dick Francis comes a thrilling novel about the illusion of film and the reality of murder--a New York Times notable book. Thomas Lyon has finally been given the chance to direct a potential blockbuster, based on the true story of an unsolved crime that rocked the hor ...Show more