Dick Francis
2) Shattered
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
The accidental death of jockey Martin Stukely implicates his friend Gerard Logan, a glassblower, in a dangerous search for a missing videotape.
3) Blood sport
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1968, c1967]
Edition
[134 U.S. ed.]
Physical Desc
241 p. 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
"Felix Francis is back with another edge-of-your-seat thriller, in the classic Dick Francis tradition. Undercover investigator Jeff Hinkley is assigned by the British Horseracing Authority to look into the activities of a suspicious racehorse trainer, but as he's tailing his quarry through the Cheltenham Racing Festival, the last thing he expects to witness is a gruesome murder. Could it have something to do with the reason the trainer was banned...
9) Front runner
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Jefferson Hinkley is back in the newest Dick Francis thriller by the New York Times-bestselling author of Damage. In his role as an undercover investigator for the British Horseracing Authority, Jeff Hinkley is approached by a multi-time champion jockey to discuss the delicate matter of losing races on purpose. Little does he know that the call will set off a lethal chain of events, including the apparent suicide of the jockey and an attempt on Hinkley's...
10) Pulse
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
523 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A smartly dressed man has been found unconscious at the local racecourse and is rushed to the hospital, where he subsequently dies. But who is he? Where does he come from? He had no form of identification on him, and no one claims the body. Doctor Chris Rankin, a specialist who treated the deceased, and who struggles with mental health issues, is intrigued by the nameless dead man, obsessed even, and starts asking questions. However, someone doesn't...
Author
Series
Dick Francis volume Book 1
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
434 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Former jockey Nicholas "Foxy" Foxton is at the track one day when he witnesses the execution-style killing of his friend Herb Novak. Worried he might be next, Foxy wonders if there was a dark side to Herb he didn't know about.