Dick Francis
1) Twice shy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young physics teacher receives some music tapes from a friend that prove to contain a computerized racetrack betting system. Other men are desperate to get the tapes and will do anything to steal them.
3) Under orders
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Supersleuth Sid Halley is called in to investigate three deaths at the Cheltenham Gold Cup horse races and uncovers a conspiracy of race fixing, corruption, and greed.
6) The edge
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1989, c1988
Language
English
Description
Tor, undercover security operative for the British Jockey Club, masquerades as a waiter on a horse-racing junket called the Great Transcontinental Mystery Race Train.
9) Comeback
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Description
Foreign Office British diplomat, Peter Darwin uses all of his skills to solve a veterinary surgeon's race-horse nightmare.
10) To the hilt
Author
Publisher
Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Reclusive Alexander Kinloch is called from his home in the wilds of Scotland to the death bed of his stepfather in London, not realizing that he is being drawn into the very dangerous company of polite society.
11) Break in
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam
Pub. Date
c1986
Language
English
Description
Slurs in a gossip column jeopardize the business of Holly and Bobby Allardeck. Holly's twin brother, steeplechase jockey Kit Fielding, searches for the person behind the plot.
12) Proof
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c1985
Language
English
Description
A young wine tasting merchant of extraordinary expertise pronounces the best scotch and claret at a restaurant to be something other than what they are labeled. He then becomes the object of a murderer's heartless vengeance.
13) Silks
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Defense lawyer Geoffrey Mason agrees to counsel jockey, Steve Mitchell, who has been accused of killing another rider and soon finds himself involved in a web of lies and violence.
14) Bolt
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c1987
Language
English
Description
Kit Fielding is determined to stop the person shooting horses with a weapon called a "humane killer."
15) Crossfire
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Captain Thomas Forsyth returns home to Lambourn to recuperate after being wounded by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, and finds his life in danger again when he gets caught up in a scandal linked to his mother's work as a racehorse trainer.
16) Driving force
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
When a hitchhiker is murdered, ex-jockey Freedie Craft fights to keep his horse racing enterprise and his life.
17) Straight
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
Derek is thrust into trouble and danger after the death of his brother. His only hope of survival is to identify the enemy.
19) Banker
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1983
Language
English
Description
A 32-year-old merchant banker ventures into the world of thoroughbred racing and becomes involved in two brutal murders.
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