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1) Decider
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
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.
2) DEAD HEAT
Author
Language
English
Description
On the heels of Under Orders, ?Francis once again proves himself a master. Wow.? (BOOKLIST)
Max Moreton is a rising culinary star?until his guests fall victim to severe food poisoning?and then a bomb blast rips through the luncheon he?s catering. Two close calls are too close for comfort, and Max vows to protect his name, and himself, before it?s too late.
Max Moreton is a rising culinary star?until his guests fall victim to severe food poisoning?and then a bomb blast rips through the luncheon he?s catering. Two close calls are too close for comfort, and Max vows to protect his name, and himself, before it?s too late.
3) Bolt
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
The privileged world of horse racing, filled with sleek thoroughbreds, burnished leather, and the silken sheen of jockeys' colors, is a wonderful place to spend a few hours. Let best-selling, internationally-popular author Dick Francis take you to the immaculate stables of the de Brescou estate, where dark forces are lurking. Someone is killing the de Brescou racehorses with a "bolt" gun, shooting them silently, leaving no clues. Before the noble...
4) Whip hand
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
From a New York Times–bestselling author, a "solid winner in just about any mystery/adventure race" featuring a private eye targeting racetrack corruption (Kirkus Reviews).
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
Sid Halley's career as a jockey-and his marriage-were brought to a sudden end by a heartbreaking accident. His glory days are over, but now, as a...
5) Wild horses
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Once a blacksmith, now famous and respected as a newspaperman, Valentine Clark knows everyone who is anyone in the racing world. Aged, confused, blind and dying, he harbors a daunting secret that he is desperate to be rid of. He makes his last confession to his visiting film-director friend, Thomas Lyon, whom in his delirium he mistakes for a priest. Unburdened and as peace, Valentine passes away, yet his legacy remains, guarded by Thomas. On location...
6) Silks
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Language
English
Description
“Julian Trent, you have been found guilty by this court of perpetrating a violent and unprovoked attack on an innocent family, including a charge of attempted murder. You have shown little or no remorse for your actions and I consider you a danger to society.”
When defense lawyer Geoffrey Mason hears the judge’s ruling at London’s Old Bailey, he quietly hopes that a substantial sentence will be handed down to his...
When defense lawyer Geoffrey Mason hears the judge’s ruling at London’s Old Bailey, he quietly hopes that a substantial sentence will be handed down to his...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Benedict Juliard is an aspiring jockey who must bypass his dreams of horse racing to help his father, George, in his quest to enter the world of politics. At 18, the reserved Benedict is asked by his father to enter into a pact: Neither of the two will do anything that could somehow hinder or destroy George's blossoming political career. Young Benedict, who has no stronger ambition than to ride steeplechase as an amateur jockey, agrees to the pact,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
In Come to Grief, Dick Francis, the bestselling author of over thirty books, brings back one of his most popular characters: Sid Halley, the wiry jockey turned detective who captured the attention of so many fans in Whip Hand. Filled with the crisp humor and quick-stepping plots listeners have come to expect, this is Dick Francis at his best. Someone is maiming two-year-old colts, the cream of the future racing crop. Sid, whose hand was ruined in...
9) Banker
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Internationally popular Dick Francis packs his equestrian mysteries with as much breath-taking suspense and danger as any neck-and-neck thoroughbred race. In this New York Times best-seller, he combines the hazard of investing in horses with the calculated risk of high finance to create a plot that twists and turns around every corner. It seems a sure thing when young investment banker Tim Ekaterin underwrites a multi-million-dollar loan for a stud...
10) The danger
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
When a string of kidnappings rocks the horse racing world, Andrew Douglas is brought in to recover the missing—without becoming the next victim.
11) Even money
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Ned Talbot, a bookmaker working the Royal Ascot, finds himself in a race to solve his father's stabbing--a race where coming in second could cost him more than even money--it could cost him his life.
12) Crossfire
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Returning to his estranged mother's house for the first time since he joined the army at seventeen, Captain Tom Forsyth discovers that she is being blackmailed and sets out to discover and defeat this hidden enemy using his finely honed military skills. But can he save his mother's reputation and career as "the first lady of British racing", or will he find himself caught in the cross fire?
13) Longshot
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Jump 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.
14) Driving force
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A dead hitchhiker, empty canisters found at the bottom of several trucks, and the murder of a harmless mechanic are the bizarre events that lead ex-jockey Freddie Croft to suspect that his transport company, Driving Force, is involved in drug smuggling, or something far worse.
15) Triple crown
Author
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.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Nineteen-year-old returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to keep hold of their dangerous water horses long enough to make it to the finish line.
17) Hugger mugger
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Spenser is back and embroiled in a dangerous and multi-layered case. Someone has been killing racehorses at stables across the south, and Walter Clive, president of Three Fillies Stables, hires him to find out who. Spenser goes to Georgia to protect Hugger Mugger, a two-year-old destined to become the next Secretariat. Disregarding the resentment of the local Georgia law enforcement, he takes the case. Despite the veneer of civility, Spenser encounters...
18) Motor mouth
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Miami is still freakin' humid. The nights are even hotter. And there's a body on ice. And that's just the beginning of this adrenaline-rush of a hot-wired ride from phenomenal number one New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich. A woman with a taste for speed and a talent for breaking the rules, Barney also knows a little too much about cheating. First, there was Hooker and that salesclerk. Now she's convinced one of the competitors is up...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Nearing the end of his life, Enzo, a dog with a philosopher's soul, tries to bring together the family, pulled apart by a three year custody battle between daughter Zoe's maternal grandparents and her father Denny, a race car driver.
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Peewee idolizes Jake, a big brother whose dream of auto mechanic glory are fueled by the hard road coming to link their Indiana town and futures with the twentieth century. And motoring down the road comes Irene Ridpath, a young librarian with plans to astonish them all and turn Peewee's life upside down.
This novel, with its quirky characters, folksy setting, classic cars, and hilariously larger-than-life moments, is vintage Richard Peck–an...
This novel, with its quirky characters, folksy setting, classic cars, and hilariously larger-than-life moments, is vintage Richard Peck–an...
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