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Knock Down by Dick Francis
Category: Crime Fiction
It's the classic law of the invader. Get to the strongest guy and smash him, and then watch the weaker ones fall like ninepins. Which is exactly what a vicious gang of horse dealers decides to do when their little kickback scam is being threatened with a spot of old-fashioned honesty. But they haven't r ...Show more
Longshot by Dick Francis
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller Ser.
Life as a writer is colder, hungrier work than John Kendall bargained for. Not even the survival guides he's written can help him. So when notorious racehorse trainer Tremayne Vickers approaches Kendall to write his biography, it's an offer he can't turn down. Kendall becomes immersed in his host's life ...Show more
Nerve by Dick Francis
Category: Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller Ser.
Rob Finn was a bit of a misfit; a struggling young jockey in a family of accomplished musicians, a man in love with a beautiful young woman who wouldn't have him because they were first cousins, a rider who - just as it looked like he'd break into racing's big time - lost his nerve. Or did he? The horse ...Show more
Proof 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
Rat Race by Dick Francis; Ian Ogilvy (Read by)
Category: Audio
Hired to fly four racing buffs to the track, pilot Matt Shore expects it will be the kind of job he likes: quick and easy. Until, that is, he's forced to make an emergency landing just minutes before the plane explodes. Luckily, no one is hurt, but it isn't long before Matt realizes that he's caught up ...Show more
Rat Race by Dick Francis
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller Ser.
Pilot Matt Shore now spends his days ferrying high-class passengers between English race courses. One eventful trip ends with his plane exploding in a ball of fire, Matt knows he's not that unlucky. When the police confirm it was a bomb, Matt realises he has a problem. One of his passengers must have be ...Show more
Reflex by Dick Francis
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Francis Thriller Ser.
This is a classic mystery from Dick Francis, the champion of English storytellers. Jockey and amateur photographer Philip Nore knows all too well how it feels to take a tumble from a horse. He also knows what it's like to feel the wrath of furious owners and trainers. You can't always be a winner. Georg ...Show more