Tony Britton
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Story of a cold, suave British assassin hired by the French OAS to kill General Charles de Gaulle. Nameless and faceless, the killer, known by the code name of Jackal, relentlessly moves toward the date with death that would rock the world. The tension mounts as the methodical preparations of the Jackal are paralleled with the efforts of the police to uncover the plot, which gives the story non-stop, edge-of-your-seat suspense.
4) Comeback
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Language
English
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Description
Foreign Office British diplomat, Peter Darwin uses all of his skills to solve a veterinary surgeon's race-horse nightmare.
5) Nerve
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Language
English
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From a New York Times–bestselling "master of crime fiction and equine thrills," a jockey investigates the source of the rumors threatening his career (Newsday).
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
Rob Finn is a talented young jockey on the rise, though nothing can help him rise above the feeling that he is a misfit in his family of accomplished musicians....
6) Bonecrack
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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,...
7) Trial Run
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Language
English
Description
Dick Francis, the bestselling master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
The last place veteran horseman Randall Drew wanted to go was Moscow. But when his royal highness the prince asks a favor, one doesn't refuse.
The Royal Family is worried about the prince's brother-in-law, who aims to make the Olympics. Unfortunately, a jealous Russian rider has sworn to kill him if he sets
one hoof in Moscow. So,...
8) For Kicks
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Language
English
Description
Dick Francis takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing with this story of a reluctant detective and a scandal turned deadly.
Australian horse breeder Daniel Roke had resisted the exorbitant sum of money offered by a suave Englishman to investigate a scandal involving drugged racehorses.
But after another investigator dies mysteriously, Roke agrees to fill his shoes, and learns that men who would give drugs to horses are capable of doing...
9) Longshot
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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.
10) Forfeit
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Language
English
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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...
11) The Danger
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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.
12) Slay Ride
Author
Language
English
Description
Dick Francis takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing with this gripping tale about the illusion of film and the reality of murder.
Champion jockey Robert Sherman has disappeared right before his wife was about to give birth. And right before he was sure to win the National. A coincidence?
British investigator David Cleveland doesn't think so. He's convinced someone made Sherman disappear, but with every answer David gets, the body count...
13) Knockdown
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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...
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Language
English
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Nearly 100 of the most popular and loved poems in the English language, this collection is one of the most comprehensive anthologies of its kind available. It covers a remarkable range, from the striking vision of Blake and Shelley and the insights of Keats to lighter but equally memorable verse by Tennyson, Donne and Edward Lear.