Dick Francis
21) The edge
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English
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A high-class, transcontinental horse-racing junket should be an idyllic getaway for the super-rich.
But one passenger on this train is a sociopath, a genius at blackmail and criminal corruption—and he plans to take everyone for everything they've got.
22) Comeback
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English
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New York Times bestselling Grand Master of Crime Fiction
Foreign Office diplomat Peter Darwin uncovers a peculiar operation involving a veterinary surgeon and the unexplained deaths of several valuable racehorses.
Foreign Office diplomat Peter Darwin uncovers a peculiar operation involving a veterinary surgeon and the unexplained deaths of several valuable racehorses.
23) Break in
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Series
Kit Fielding novels volume 1
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English
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Steeplechase jockey Christmas "Kit" Fielding has had more than his share of close calls both on and off the course. But trouble hits close to home when a grudge between his family and his sister's in-laws turns into a blood feud.
24) The danger
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English
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When a string of kidnappings rocks the horse racing world, Andrew Douglas is brought in to recover the missing-without becoming the next victim.
25) Banker
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English
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An investment banker arranges the purchase of a champion racehorse and gets caught up in murder in this New York Times bestseller that's “fraught with violence, conspiracy and, of course, horses” (The Boston Globe).
Tim Ekaterin raised millions of dollars to finance the purchase of Sandcastle, a champion racer, only to discover an apparent defect in the horse. Investigating further, Ekaterin learns that the...
Tim Ekaterin raised millions of dollars to finance the purchase of Sandcastle, a champion racer, only to discover an apparent defect in the horse. Investigating further, Ekaterin learns that the...
26) Straight
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English
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In this mystery from New York Times bestselling author Dick Francis, a jockey becomes the sole inheritor of his late brother's business, horse, mistress, and enemies.
Steeplechase jockey Derek Franklin has had more broken bones than he cares to count, but it seems his latest injury could very well bring his days on the race course to a screeching halt. But that’s the least of his concerns when his brother turns up dead, leaving...
Steeplechase jockey Derek Franklin has had more broken bones than he cares to count, but it seems his latest injury could very well bring his days on the race course to a screeching halt. But that’s the least of his concerns when his brother turns up dead, leaving...
27) Odds against
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English
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A hard fall took hotshot jockey Sid Halley out of the horse racing game, leaving him with a crippled hand, a broken heart, and the desperate need for a new job. Now he's landed a position with a detective agency, only to catch a bullet from some penny-ante thug. And things are about to get even more hectic--the agency is giving him a case to handle on his own. The case brings him to the door of Zanna Martin, a woman who might be just what Sid needs...
28) Trial run
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English
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Randall Drew is sent to Moscow on a delicate investigation involving a mysterious woman who is threatening a royally-connected candidate for the Moscow Olympic Games.
30) For kicks
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English
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"Australian horse breeder Daniel Roke had resisted the exorbitant sum of money offered to investigate a scandal involving drugged racehorses. But after another investigator dies mysteriously, Roke agrees to fill his shoes--and learns that men who would give drugs to horses are capable of doing much worse to human beings." From the publisher.
31) In the frame
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English
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Charles Todd is an English artist who is well known and respected for his renderings of sleek and athletic horses. What he now faces at his cousin Donald's house is also art-the art of a perfectly brutal murderer. Donald's home has been burglarized and his wife, Regina, is lying on her back dead, her face the color of cream. Donald is shattered, shocked, and a prime suspect. And Todd suddenly finds himself involved in a dangerous man-hunt as he searches,...
32) Nerve
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Publisher
Armchair Detective Library
Pub. Date
1990.
Edition
First Armchair Detective Library edition.
Physical Desc
iv, 313 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
33) Whip hand
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Series
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1979]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
34) Blood sport
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Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
[First U.S. edition].
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 18 cm
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English
Description
"Gene Hawkins decides to spend his three weeks vacation from the secret security agency in helping Dave Teller, an old friend of his boss, find the vanished Chrysalis, a stallion Dave and his colleagues had paid over a million dollars for, and the third to disappear in the States."
35) High stakes
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Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1993.
Edition
First Ballantine Books edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 253 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
36) Flying finish
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Publisher
Armchair Detective Library
Pub. Date
1991.
Physical Desc
iii, 307 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
37) Dead cert
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Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
℗1995, ©1962.
Physical Desc
8 CDs (9 hours) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Three jockeys warned not to win their races turned into also-rans. Bill died when the sure-footed Admiral fell, Joe was scared rotten, and Alan York became the target of a vicious gang. But he wanted revenge and to hell with the risk.
38) Rat race
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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1993.
Edition
First Ballantine Books edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 238 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
39) Smokescreen
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Publisher
Fawcett Crest
Pub. Date
1993.
Edition
First Ballantine Books edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 253 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English