To The Hilt (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

To The Hilt (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

Just after learning that his stepfather is gravely ill, artist Al Kinloch, returning to his remote home in the Scottish Highlands, is attacked by four men. They ask one question - 'where is it?' - then leave him for dead. Baffled and hurt, Al visits his stepfather and learns millions of pounds are

Flying Finish (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

Amateur jockey Lord Henry Grey decides on a whim to join the bloodstock market, transporting racehorses around the world. And when he meets the glamorous Gabriella in Italy, he is sure he's hit the good life. That is, until a horse unexpectedly dies in transit and a colleague

Smokescreen (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

Edward Lincoln has scaled the Himalayas, survived deadly car chases and defeated scores of assassins. As a movie action man he's even suffered stoically at the hands of sadistic directors. After finishing his latest film, he's asked to visit South Africa to discover why a dying friend's horses are

Dead Cert (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

Alan York's friend, jockey Bill Davidson, was killed in Admiral's fall. After the race, York visits the fence and discovers a coil of wire lying beside the fence post and signs of where the wire had been attached. The fall was no accident - but

Slay Ride (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

David Cleveland - an investigator for the Jockey Club - is sitting in a dinghy in a pleasant little fjord in Norway. He's here to help the Norwegians find out why Bob Sherman, a visiting English rider, has done a runner with the racehorse takings. He thinks it'll be a straightforward job, and he'll

Shattered (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

Gerard Logan witnesses the death of his close friend, jockey Martin Stukely, after a fall from his horse. In the aftermath, Gerard is left to pick up the pieces - including a mysterious unmarked videotape that Martin secretly left him. But before Gerard gets to watch it, the videotape is

Driving Force (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

Ex-jockey Freddie Croft now runs a fleet of vehicles which transport racehorses across the British Isles and Europe. But when two of his drivers pick up a hitchhiker who ends up dead, Freddie's got a big problem. First, it quickly becomes apparent that the hitcher wasn't quite what he

Break In (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

Steeplechase jockey Kit Fielding has just ridden another winner for his patron - the Princess - when his twin sister Holly comes to him with terrible news. A newspaper is printing stories which will put her husband, and his stables out of business. Putting aside the age-old feud, Kit decides to try

In the Frame (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

Charles Todd, a successful artist who paints horses, arrives at his cousin Donald's house and stumbles on a grisly scene: police cars everywhere, his cousin arrested for murder and Donald's wife brutally

Nerve (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

Rob Finn's winning streak made him one of the most sought-after steeplechase jockeys. But his subsequent collapse in form surprised no one more than himself. As word spreads that Finn has lost his nerve, he discovers a well-managed campaign to discredit certain jockeys; in his own case, a plan

Hot Money (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

Malcolm Pembroke didn't get rich without making a few enemies - not least among the five wives and nine children left like wreckage in his wake. But when Moira, his fifth wife, is murdered and Malcolm believes that someone is out to get him, he knows of only one person he can turn to: his estranged

Enquiry (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

When Kelly Hughes rides the favourite into second place, he gets penalized for his trouble. Not only has he lost the race, but also his licence, as the Jockey Club suspends him - believing he threw the race. Only he knows that the problem lay with the horse's performance, not his

Longshot (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

Life as a writer is colder, hungrier work than John Kendall had bargained for. Not even the survival guides he's written can help him. So when notorious racehorse trainer Tremayne Vickers approaches Kendall to write his biography, it's an offer the impoverished writer can't turn

Comeback (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

Foreign Office diplomat Peter Darwin is returning to England, back to his childhood home of Gloucestershire. But instead of a pleasant trip down memory lane, Peter finds himself coming to the aid of a veterinary surgeon whose operating theatre is rapidly turning into an

Forfeit (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

Bert Checkov, a racing correspondent, drunkenly confesses to fellow Fleet Street hack James Tyrone that he's been giving his readers bum tips for years. Five minutes later, Checkov's fallen out a seventh floor window. Tyrone has a nose for a story and he's convinced there's more to his friend's

Vyrovnaný účet - Felix Francis, Dick Francis - e-kniha

eBook:,Román klasika thrilleru Dicka Francise, který napsal se svým synem Felixem. Bookmaker Ned Talbot se stará především o to, aby jeho malý podnik obstál před velkými sázkařskými společnostmi. Pak se ale objeví jeho dlouho ztracený otec a krátce poté je před Nedem ubodán k

Trial Run (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

Ex-steeplechaser Randall Drew is reluctantly off to pre-Olympic games Moscow, as a favour to royalty. One of the blue bloods is destined to compete in the games and there are concerns - both of safety and of scandal - that only Drew, with his racing connections, can clear

Vyrovnaný účet - Felix Francis, Dick Francis

Román klasika thrilleru Dicka Francise, který napsal se svým synem Felixem.Bookmaker Ned Talbot se stará především o to, aby jeho malý podnik obstál před velkými sázkařskými společnostmi. Pak se ale objeví jeho dlouho ztracený otec a krátce poté je před Nedem ubodán k smrti. Ve

10-Lb Penalty (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

Seventeen-year-old Benedict Juliard's ambitions of becoming a steeplechase jockey are dashed when he's falsely accused of taking drugs. For his estranged father, however, this is an

Bolt (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

Jockey Kit Fielding's patron, Princess Casilia, is in trouble. Her invalid husband is being threatened by a ruthless business partner who wants to use the firm to manufacture arms. At the same time, some of the Princess' best horses are being killed - shot by a bolt. The only person the Princess

Crossfire (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

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 and the 'First Lady' of racing - Tom discovers the training business is on the edge, and facing a threat far more dangerous than a run

Nothing But the Truth (Lehr Dick)(Paperback / softback)

Whip Hand (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

One-handed ex-jockey Sid Halley works as a private detective, using his racing knowledge to solve crimes that baffle the police. In Whip Hand, Sid is asked to investigate possible doping of the horses of thoroughbred trainer George Casper - whose once-successful mounts have been failing

Come To Grief (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

Sid Halley, ex-champion jockey turned investigator, is facing his toughest test. A number of horses have been brutally mutilated, horrifying their owners and the general public. Even Sid's friend, broadcaster Ellis Quint, has been moved to make a shocking programme about