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Veteran horseman Randall Drew travels to Mosow to help the Russian royal family--but ends up caught in a world of jealousy, sabotage, and murder.

This is the biography of thriller-writer Dick Francis. Francis is known for setting his novels against the background of horseracing. This revised edition tells how he became one of Britain`s leading National Hunt jockeys and a champion steeplechaser, riding as jockey to the Queen Mother. The story of Francis is traced from life in the saddle to life as a bestselling novelist.

When a smartly dressed man dies in the hospital after being found unconscious at a local racetrack, doctor Chris Reynolds, a specialist struggling with mental health challenges, searches for the victim's identity and clues about what happened only to be targeted by a ruthless killer. By the author of Triple Crown. (suspense). Simultaneous.

Sid Halley's glory days as a jockey are over, but he still finds a certain satisfaction in successfully solving a case. His latest one, though, could prove to be his undoing.

“Fast-paced, meticulously plotted...Nobody sets up a mystery better than Dick Francis.”—San Francisco ChronicleJump in the saddle with a sure thing. Travel writer John Kendall travels to England to interview a racehorse trainer. Soon enough, however, Kendall realizes that completing the book will be tricky at best. Because the racehorse trainer he’s tasked with interviewing has something to hide—a secret that could threaten Kendall’s life.

Attending a day at the Grand National races when his friend and fellow financial advisor Herb is publicly murdered, former jockey Nicholas Foxton finds himself questioning everything he believed about his friend and suspecting that their employer may harbor a sinister agenda. (suspense). By the best-selling authors of Crossfire. Simultaneous.

Jefferson Hinkley is back in the newest thriller in the Dick Francis tradition, this time on a special mission to the United States to investigate a conspiracy involving the biggest horse races in the country.   Jeff Hinkley, investigator for the British Horseracing Authority, has been seconded to the US Federal Anti-Corruption in Sports Agency (FACSA) where he has been asked to find a mole in their organization—an informant who is passing on confidential information to those under suspicion in American racing.  At the Kentucky Derby, Jeff joins the FACSA team in a raid on a horse trainer’s barn at Churchill Downs, but the bust is a disaster, and someone ends up dead.  Then, on the morning of the Derby itself, three of the most favored horses in the field fall sick.      These suspicious events can be no coincidence. In search of answers, Jeff goes undercover as a groom on the backstretch at Belmont Park racetrack in New York. But he discovers far more than he was bargaining for: corrupt individuals who will stop at nothing—including murder—to capture the most elusive prize in world sport, the Triple Crown.

Dick Francis has been thrilling readers for over thirty years with his stories involving the world of racing with plenty of action, suspense, greed and secrets.ENQUIRY: No jockey likes being labelled a cheat and Kelly Hughes` career seems doomed. He knows he`s been framed, but finding the reason could prove dangerous. Especially with a killer on his tail...RAT RACE: Matt Shore, an experienced pilot, is expecting the quiet life ferrying high class punters around England`s race courses. But then his plane explodes in a massive fireball and he`s landed in middle of a nightmare world. Some quiet life.SMOKESCREEN: Film action man, Edward Lincoln, has been asked by a dying friend to find out why her South African racing stable were no longer winning. Now he`s being forced to play the resourceful hero for real - or die in one easy take.

The author recounts his career as a steeplechase jockey in Great Britain, and shares his opinions of the sport

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Kit Fielding will do whatever it takes to stop the killing of racehorses. Not an easy task considering that the woman he adores is leaving him, an international arms dealer is threatening him, and Kit's nemesis has plans to knock him off the track—and plant him under it.

Three stories from Dick Francis in one combined edition, involving the world of racing with plenty of action, suspense, greed and secrets. The novels are " Long Shot" , " Straight" and " High Stakes" .

Architect Lee Morris has plans to restore Stratton Park racecourse to its former grandeur. But the combative Stratton heirs have violent plans of their own.

The author recounts his career as a steeplechase jockey in Great Britain, and shares his opinions of the sport

When a champion jockey disappears--right before a big race and the birth of his child--Investigator David Cleveland bets on foul play.

Asked by the U.S. FACSA to find a mole who has been passing on information to those under suspicion in American horse racing, British Horseracing Authority investigator Jeff Hinkley participates in a raid on a corrupt trainer's barn before three Kentucky Derby contenders become suspiciously ill. (suspense). Simultaneous.

The author recounts his career as a steeplechase jockey in Great Britain, and shares his opinions of the sport

Depicts the adventures of heroes who become involved in cases of crime and murder in the world of horse racing

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Originally published in 1962, "Dead Cert" was the first of the bestselling thrillers which have made Dick Francis one of the most popular and successful writers in the world. "Dead Cert" is about Alan York, an amateur jockey, who finds himself tangling dangerously with a ruthless gang of crooks. A pretty girl, an intelligent child, a fuel on a horseback and a manhunt across the Sussex countryside are some of the ingredients in this gripping thriller about the shady side of the racing world. The background is superbly authentic and the pace would not shame a two-mile hurdle race.