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10-lb Penalty by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction
At 18, easy-going Benedict Juliard and his father enter into a pact that neither of them will commit any act that could destroy the father's career. Ten years later he is targetted in a vicious attack mounted by his father's increasingly violent political enemies.
BONECRACK by FRANCIS DICK
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller Ser.
Bonecrack is a classic novel from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time.At midnight Neil Griffon's home is broken into and he is abducted by masked men. When he wakes up, hours later, Neil discovers that 'unless he cooperates' his kidnappers will destroy his father's racing stab ...Show more
Banker by Dick Francis
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller
A classic mystery from Dick Francis, the champion of English storytellers. Tim Ekaterin has a lot of money. Unfortunately, it is other people's, and it is his job to invest it wisely, or get fired. And right now he's taken a big risk: using 5 million to stud a champion racing stallion. When the resultin ...Show more
Bolt by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller Ser.
When Kit Fielding, champion steeplechase jockey, finds out that his chief patron, Princess Casilia, is facing an increasingly serious threat, he goes unhesitatingly to her aid. Neither realises that his instinctive support is the first step towards a frightening battle involving violent risk, with the h ...Show more
Bolt by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction
Kit Fielding's patron, Princess Casilia, is in trouble. Her invalid husband is being threatened by a business partner. And to enforce the threat all the Princess' best runners are being wantonly destroyed - shot by a bolt. The only person she can turn to is Kit, but he has problems of his own. His fianc ...Show more
Break in by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller
Family ties mean trouble, chains and fatal obligations. And when steeplechase jockey Kit Fielding comes to the aid of his twin sister and her husband, Bobby Allardeck, even death threatens. A vicious newspaper campaign jeopardizes Bobby's career as a racehorse trainer. Putting behind him the age-old All ...Show more
Come to Grief by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction
'This is Francis writing at his very best' - "Evening Standard". Sid Halley, the ex-champion jockey turned investigator who appears in "Odds Against" and "Whip Hand", is back. In "Come to Grief", he faces new dangers, new deeply demanding decisions. Sid has uncovered an obnoxious crime committed by a fr ...Show more