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.
5) 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.
7) 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.
8) Even money
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Bookmaker Ned Talbot, dealing with having to pay out a large sum of money after the first day of Royal Ascot, is reunited with his father, who he believed was dead, only to see the man killed an hour later, leading Ned to race to uncover secrets in the man's past and the reason for his murder.
9) 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.
10) Hot money
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1988, c1987
Language
English
Description
Ian perseveres in his search into the past; discovering the hate that builds silently through the years, the terrible price the relatives pay for their fathers' sins, and a twisted knot of passion compelled to turn love to punishment.
12) 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.
13) Wild horses
Author
Publisher
Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
Thomas Lyon discovers a long-unsolved mystery when he investigates a former race horse blacksmith's deathbed confession.
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