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1) Second wind
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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BBC meteorologist Perry Stuart finds his life in danger after the plane he is riding in on an adventure into the eye of a Class V hurricane is destroyed, stranding him on Trox Island where he discovers a notebook that contains very sensitive information.
2) Break in
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Series
Language
English
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Jockey Kit Fielding has been riding the de Brescou's horses in a succession of triumphs on the race course. But this winning streak is about to end. Kit's twin sister, Holly, has come to him in desperation. Threatened by financial scandal, she and her husband may lose their training stables. Kit soon finds, though, that a greater danger lurks behind the threat-one that could be fatal. Narrator Simon Prebble has received enthusiastic praise for his...
3) Reflex
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Language
English
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A jockey with an interest in photography begins searching for information as to why a racetrack photographer was killed. Unwittingly he becomes the killer's next victim.
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Language
English
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At age eighteen, Benedict Juliard pledged never to do anything that would destroy or hinder his father's political career, but years later, with George Juliard headed for the office of prime minister, Benedict is attacked by an allegation of drug abuse and must scramble to find out who is publishing the false reports and why.
5) Straight
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Language
English
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Derek is thrust into trouble and danger after the death of his brother. His only hope of survival is to identify the enemy.
6) Wild horses
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Language
English
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Thomas Lyon discovers a long-unsolved mystery when he investigates a former race horse blacksmith's deathbed confession.
7) Comeback
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Language
English
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Foreign Office British diplomat, Peter Darwin uses all of his skills to solve a veterinary surgeon's race-horse nightmare.
8) Hot money
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1988, c1987
Language
English
Description
Ian perseveres in his search into the past; discovering the hate that builds silently through the years, the terrible price the relatives pay for their fathers' sins, and a twisted knot of passion compelled to turn love to punishment.
9) Shattered
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
10) The edge
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1989, c1988
Language
English
Description
Tor, undercover security operative for the British Jockey Club, masquerades as a waiter on a horse-racing junket called the Great Transcontinental Mystery Race Train.
11) Decider
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Language
English
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Architect Lee Morris becomes involved with the Stratton Park racecource and becomes a major player in a dangerous game.
12) Come to grief
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Series
Language
English
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Sid Halley, jockey turned investigator, is despised after he uncovers evidence that puts a beloved sports hero on trial.
Author
Series
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Dick Francis, the bestselling master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. When reporter Bert Chekov falls to his death, his colleague James Tyrone is suspicious. Chekov's column had recently recommended some 'can't-lose' horses, who then wound up out of the running on race day. Tyrone thinks he can prove it was murder, but he may not live to tell the tale. Because as the dead man has already made clear, there's...
Author
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Dick Francis, the bestselling master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. For a generous commission, ex-prizewinning jockey Jonah Dereham reluctantly agrees to bid on a young steeplechaser on behalf of a wealthy American woman. But his life is thrust into danger immediately following the auction, when he receives a blow to the head by two thugs demanding ownership of the horse. Unfortunately that's just the...
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Series
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Dick Francis, the bestselling master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. In the middle of the night, two masked men break into Neil Griffon 's home and abduct him. He quickly discovers that unless he agrees to their unreasonable demands, they will destroy his father's precious horse and racing stable, and ultimately Neil himself. Returned to his father's stables, he must find a way to bring down these criminals,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Dick Francis, the bestselling master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. Nerve is the story of a struggling young jockey named Rob, a misfit in a family of accomplished musicians, who discovers that his troubling losing streak is caused not by a lack of skill or confidence, but by something far more sinister .... Praise for Dick Francis 'Dick Francis is a wonder' Cleveland Plain Dealer 'Few things are more...
Author
Series
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Dick Francis, the bestselling master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. Hired to fly four racing buffs to the track, pilot Matt Shore expects it will be the kind of job he likes: quick and easy. That is until he's forced to make an emergency landing just minutes before the plane explodes. Luckily nobody is hurt, but it isn't long before Matt realizes that he's caught up in a rat race among violent criminals,...
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