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(0)Felix Francis
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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...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Dick Francis's beloved investigator Sid Halley returns in the riveting new mystery by New York Times-bestselling author Felix Francis. Six years ago, investigator Sid Halley retired for good. He'd been harassed, beaten, shot, even lost a hand to his investigating business, and enough was enough. For the sake of his wife and new daughter he gave up that life of danger and uncertainty, and he thought nothing would ever lure him back into the game....
Author
Series
A Dick Francis novel volume 9
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is said that everyone over a certain age can remember distinctly what they were doing when they heard that President Kennedy had been assassinated, or that Princess Diana had been killed in a Paris car crash, but I, for one, could recall all too clearly where I was standing when a policeman told me that my wife had been murdered. Bill Russell is acting as a volunteer steward at Warwick races when he confronts his worst nightmare--the violent death...
4) Iced
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Seven years ago, Miles Pussett was a steeplechase jockey, loving the rush of the race. But after an unfortunate event, he left horseracing behind and swore he would never return. Now he gets his adrenaline rush from riding headfirst down the Cresta Run, a three-quarter-mile Swiss ice chute, reaching speeds of up to eighty miles per hour. Finding himself in St Moritz during the same weekend as White Turf, when high-class horseracing takes place on...
5) Crisis
Author
Series
A Dick Francis novel volume 8
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious fire at a stable kills six thoroughbred horses as well as a human being that no one can account for, Harrison Foster investigates the Chadwick Family, a dysfunctional horse racing dynasty.
6) Triple crown
Author
Series
Dick Francis volume 6
Language
English
Description
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.
7) 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...
8) Hands down
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Sid Halley, a private investigator, has a new left hand, having had a transplant since his last appearance in Refusal. After receiving death threats, an ex-jockey trainer friend calls Sid to ask for his help, but Sid has his own problems to deal with; like recovering from surgery and saving his crumbling marriage. When his friend's stable yard is torched, horses killed, and the friend is found dead, Sid can only blame himself for not helping sooner....
9) No reserve
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 261 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
While investigating the death of a yearling colt worth millions of dollars, auctioneer Theo Jennings, when a dead body is discovered in the same stable a few days later, becomes the prime suspect in the case--and the target of a killer.
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.
Author
Series
A Dick Francis novel volume 7
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
436 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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"--
