For millionaire jockey Alan York, winning is a bonus. For Joe Nantwich, victory means no cushy backhanders; and for Bill Davidson, front running on strongly fancied Admiral, triumph is an imposter. It means murder – his own. Turning private...
After a six-year absence from the bestseller lists, Dick Francis roared out of the gate with 2006's Under Orders, demonstrating once again every ounce of his famed narrative drive, brilliant plotting, and simmering suspense. Hard on the heels of...
Proprietor of a stud farm in Australia 's Snowy Mountains or muck-raking stable boy in Yorkshire? Danny Roke decides on the latter. It is the change of scene and the challenge that pushes Danny undercover, on the scent of a suspected racehorse...
The Grand Master returns in prize-winning formGeoffrey Mason did it for the money. It is obvious that his client Julian Trent is guilty, and it's about time rich boy Trent is taught a lesson for his violent ways. The only thing still...
Crossfire is the new thriller from father son team Dick Francis and Felix Francis. Captain Thomas Forsyth's tour of Afghanistan is cut brutally short when he is badly wounded by a roadside bomb. Returning home, to his mother - a racehorse trainer...
Edgar AwardsThis thriller features Sid Halley from "Odds Against" and the TV series "The Racing Game". This book won the Crime Writers' Association Gold...
The New York Times-bestselling authors return with a heart-stopping new novel.O n the first day of Royal Ascot, the world's most famous horse race, the crowd rejoices in a string of winning favorites. Ned Talbot has worked all his life as...
This thriller, set in Newmarket, centres around Neil Griffon who is abducted by two ruthless men. When he is set free he is the victim of vicious threats, weird extortion, and a nerve-wracking war of...
No en todos los deportes o competencias hípicas se puede permanecer más allá del tiempo natural de actividad. Cada uno exige cierto límite. Uno de esos oficios es ser jinete de caballos entrenados para carrera de...
Oferta, jaką Dan Roke – właściciel stadniny w malowniczych krajobrazach Australii – usłyszał z ust hrabiego Octobra, wydawała mu się zbyt kusząca finansowo, by z niej nie skorzystać. Wystarczyło zaszyć się jako stajenny w Yorkshire w...