<div>The debut novel from the New York Times&ndash;bestselling &ldquo;master of crime fiction and equine thrills&rdquo; features an investigation into the death of a jockey (The Atlantic Monthly). Dick Francis, Edgar Award&ndash;winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. Steeplechaser Alan York knows well the dangers of the sport. But when his best friend and rival jockey Bill Davidson takes a fall in the middle of a race and doesn&rsquo;t get up again, Alan discovers it was no accident. Someone rigged a tripwire to take down the running horse. The more Alan investigates, the more he suspects that there is more to the plot than just murderous horseplay. But even as he approaches the finish line to this mysterious race, those responsible for his friend&rsquo;s death are already planning for Alan to have a mysterious accident of his own . . . &ldquo;Dick Francis is a wonder.&rdquo; &mdash;Cleveland Plain Dealer &ldquo;An imaginative craftsman of high order.&rdquo; &mdash;The Sunday Times &ldquo;Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Tribune &ldquo;Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.&rdquo; &mdash;Boston Herald &ldquo;[The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills.&rdquo; &mdash;Newsday &ldquo;[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.&rdquo; &mdash;The Wall Street Journal &ldquo;Francis is a genius.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;A rare and magical talent . . . who never writes the same story twice.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego Union-Tribune</div>

Dead Cert

<div>From a New York Times&ndash;bestselling &ldquo;master of crime fiction and equine thrills,&rdquo; a betrayed race horse owner must get back his stolen thoroughbred(Newsday). Dick Francis, Edgar Award&ndash;winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. Steven Scott may have been a successful, wealthy inventor with no experience in horse racing, yet with the inspired guidance of his trainer, Jody Leeds, and the prowess of a beautiful black hurdler named Energise, he has brought home several wins. But his winning streak is about to come to a fast end when he discovers trouble in his own stables: trouble that could bring about his own termination if he doesn&rsquo;t watch his step. Praise for the writing of Dick Francis: &ldquo;Dick Francis is a wonder.&rdquo; &mdash;The Plain Dealer &ldquo;An imaginative craftsman of high order.&rdquo; &mdash;The Sunday Times &ldquo;Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Tribune &ldquo;Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.&rdquo; &mdash;Boston Herald &ldquo;[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.&rdquo; &mdash;The Wall Street Journal &ldquo;Francis is a genius.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;A rare and magical talent . . . who never writes the same story twice.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego Union-Tribune</div>

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High Stakes

<div>This New York Times bestselling author &ldquo;captures our attention and holds us spellbound&rdquo; with a mystery about a horse jockey accused of fixing a race (The New York Times). Dick Francis, Edgar-Award&ndash;winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. A closed-door enquiry has found Kelly Hughes guilty of the lowest crime imaginable by a professional jockey, throwing a race for money. He&rsquo;s been framed, his reputation is scarred, he&rsquo;s been banned from horse racing, and there&rsquo;s nowhere to turn for help. But that doesn&rsquo;t mean he has to take it. He&rsquo;s begun his own investigation to uncover the people who ruined his career, and to find out why they want him off the track. But when the enquiry gets too personal, asking the wrong questions might just get him killed. Praise for the writing of Dick Francis: &ldquo;Dick Francis is a wonder.&rdquo; &mdash;The Plain Dealer &ldquo;Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Tribune &ldquo;Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.&rdquo; &mdash;Boston Herald &ldquo;[The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills.&rdquo; &mdash;Newsday &ldquo;[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.&rdquo; &mdash;The Wall Street Journal &ldquo;Francis is a genius.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;Nobody executes the whodunit formula better.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Sun-Times &ldquo;A rare and magical talent . . . who never writes the same story twice.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego Union-Tribune </div>

Enquiry

<div>From the New York Times&ndash;bestselling &ldquo;master of crime fiction and equine thrills,&rdquo; a jockey turned investigator tackles crime in the horse racing world (Newsday). Dick Francis, Edgar Award&ndash;winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. A hard fall took hotshot jockey Sid Halley out of the horse racing game, leaving him with a crippled hand, a broken heart, and the desperate need for a new job. Now he&rsquo;s landed a position with a detective agency, only to catch a bullet from some common thug. And things are about to get even more hectic. The agency is giving him a case to handle on his own. The case brings him to the door of Zanna Martin, a woman who might be just what Sid needs to get him back up and running. But he&rsquo;s up against a field of thoroughbred criminals, and the odds against him are making it a long shot that he&rsquo;ll even survive . . . &ldquo;Dick Francis is a wonder.&rdquo; &mdash;The Plain Dealer &ldquo;An imaginative craftsman of high order.&rdquo; &mdash;The Sunday Times &ldquo;Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Tribune &ldquo;Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.&rdquo; &mdash;Boston Herald &ldquo;[The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills.&rdquo; &mdash;Newsday &ldquo;[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.&rdquo; &mdash;The Wall Street Journal &ldquo;Francis is a genius.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;A rare and magical talent . . . who never writes the same story twice.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego Union-Tribune</div>

Odds Against

<div>From the New York Times&ndash;bestselling&ldquo;master of crime fiction and equine thrills,&rdquo; a former jockey takes on the crooked world of horse dealing (Newsday). Dick Francis, Edgar Award&ndash;winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. For a generous commission, ex-prize-winning 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&rsquo;s just the beginning&mdash;and now Jonah must figure out the high-stakes game being played . . . before he becomes its next casualty. &ldquo;Dick Francis is a wonder.&rdquo; &mdash;The Plain Dealer &ldquo;An imaginative craftsman of high order.&rdquo; &ndash;The Sunday Times &ldquo;Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Tribune &ldquo;Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.&rdquo; &mdash;Boston Herald &ldquo;[The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills.&rdquo; &mdash;Newsday &ldquo;[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.&rdquo; &ndash;The Wall Street Journal &ldquo;Francis is a genius.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;A rare and magical talent . . . who never writes the same story twice.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego Union-Tribune</div>

Knockdown

<div>From a New York Times&ndash;bestselling author, &ldquo;a supersized action-suspense novel&rdquo; about a celebrity turned amateur sleuth investigating a horseracing mystery (Kirkus Reviews). Dick Francis, Edgar Award&ndash;winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. Edward Lincoln may be an international film star who plays daring detectives on the big screen, but in reality he&rsquo;s just an ordinary man. Unfortunately, his ailing friend doesn&rsquo;t seem to think so, and now he&rsquo;s come to South Africa to investigate who&rsquo;s been tampering with her racehorses. But it isn&rsquo;t long before he realizes he must go face-to-face with a killer, and give the performance of his life to save his life . . . Praise for the writing of Dick Francis: &ldquo;Dick Francis is a wonder.&rdquo; &mdash;Cleveland Plain Dealer &ldquo;An imaginative craftsman of high order.&rdquo; &ndash;The Sunday Times &ldquo;Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Tribune &ldquo;Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.&rdquo; &mdash;Boston Herald &ldquo;[The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills.&rdquo; &mdash;Newsday &ldquo;[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.&rdquo; &mdash;The Wall Street Journal &ldquo;Francis is a genius.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;A rare and magical talent . . . who never writes the same story twice.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego Union-Tribune</div>

Smokescreen

<div>In this &ldquo;impossible to stop reading&rdquo; suspense thriller from a New York Times bestseller, a bomb scare lands a pilot in midst of a horse racing crime(The Telegraph). Dick Francis, Edgar Award&ndash;winning 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&rsquo;s forced to make an emergency landing just minutes before the plane explodes. Luckily nobody is hurt, but it isn&rsquo;t long before Matt realizes that he&rsquo;s caught up in a rat race among violent criminals, who are dead set on putting anyone who stands in their way on the wrong side of the odds. &ldquo;Dick Francis is a wonder.&rdquo; &mdash;The Plain Dealer &ldquo;An imaginative craftsman of high order.&rdquo; &mdash;The Sunday Times &ldquo;Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Tribune &ldquo;Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.&rdquo; &mdash;Boston Herald &ldquo;[The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills.&rdquo; &mdash;Newsday &ldquo;[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.&rdquo; &mdash;The Wall Street Journal &ldquo;Francis is a genius.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;A rare and magical talent . . . who never writes the same story twice.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego Union-Tribune</div>

Rat Race

<div>A New York Times&ndash;bestselling mystery author is &ldquo;at the top of his form&rdquo; in this suspense novel about a horse racing family threatened with murder. Dick Francis, Edgar Award&ndash;winning 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&rsquo;s home and abduct him. He quickly discovers that unless he agrees to their unreasonable demands, they will destroy his father&rsquo;s precious horse and racing stable, and ultimately Neil himself. Returned to his father&rsquo;s stables, he must find a way to bring down these criminals, because having to choose between his integrity and his life is no choice at all . . . &ldquo;Dick Francis is a wonder.&rdquo; &mdash;The Plain Dealer &ldquo;An imaginative craftsman of high order.&rdquo; &mdash;The Sunday Times &ldquo;Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Tribune &ldquo;Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.&rdquo; &mdash;Boston Herald &ldquo;[The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills.&rdquo; &mdash;Newsday &ldquo;[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.&rdquo; &mdash;The Wall Street Journal &ldquo;Francis is a genius.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;A rare and magical talent . . . who never writes the same story twice.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego Union-Tribune</div>

Bonecrack

<div>From a New York Times&ndash;bestselling &ldquo;master of crime fiction and equine thrills,&rdquo; a horse breeder goes undercover to investigate a horse doping scheme (Newsday). Dick Francis, Edgar Award&ndash;winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. 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 much worse to human beings . . . Praise for Dick Francis: &ldquo;Dick Francis is a wonder.&rdquo; &mdash;The Plain Dealer &ldquo;Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Tribune &ldquo;Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.&rdquo; &mdash;Boston Herald &ldquo;[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.&rdquo; &mdash;The Wall Street Journal &ldquo;Francis is a genius.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;Nobody executes the whodunit formula better.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Sun-Times &ldquo;A rare and magical talent . . . who never writes the same story twice.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego Union-Tribune </div>

For Kicks

<div>From a New York Times&ndash;bestselling author, a &ldquo;solid winner in just about any mystery/adventure race&rdquo; featuring a private eye targeting racetrack corruption (Kirkus Reviews). Dick Francis, Edgar Award&ndash;winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. Sid Halley&rsquo;s career as a jockey&mdash;and his marriage&mdash;were brought to a sudden end by a heartbreaking accident. His glory days are over, but now, as a private investigator, he still finds a certain satisfaction in successfully solving a case. His latest one, though, could prove to be his undoing. Rosemary Casper, wife of an elite racehorse trainer, has begged for his help in figuring out why her husband&rsquo;s most promising horses have been performing so poorly. Halley thinks she&rsquo;s overreacting at first. Then hints of deceit and brutal danger make him think twice . . . Praise for the writing of Dick Francis: &ldquo;Dick Francis is a wonder.&rdquo; &mdash;The Plain Dealer &ldquo;Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Tribune &ldquo;Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.&rdquo; &mdash;Boston Herald &ldquo;[The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills.&rdquo; &mdash;Newsday &ldquo;[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.&rdquo; &mdash;The Wall Street Journal &ldquo;Francis is a genius.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;Nobody executes the whodunit formula better.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Sun-Times &ldquo;A rare and magical talent&hellip; who never writes the same story twice.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego Union-Tribune </div>

Whip Hand

<div>From a New York Times&ndash;bestselling &ldquo;master of crime fiction and equine thrills,&rdquo; an aristocratic amateur jockey gets involved in a criminal investigation (Newsday). Dick Francis, Edgar Award&ndash;winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. The youngest child of rich, neglectful parents, Henry Grey was occasionally accused of being an overgrown brat. But all Henry wanted was a career that would bring him some genuine fulfilment, a little adventure, and a chance to prove his true character. So he decided to take a dirty demanding job transporting racehorses by air, much to his snobbish family&rsquo;s horror. And when he discovered that he was actually transporting something altogether different, he had to call upon every ounce of resourcefulness he had to land with his life intact . . . Praise for the writing of Dick Francis: &ldquo;Dick Francis is a wonder.&rdquo; &mdash;The Plain Dealer &ldquo;Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Tribune &ldquo;Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.&rdquo; &mdash;Boston Herald &ldquo;[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.&rdquo; &mdash;The Wall Street Journal &ldquo;Francis is a genius.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;Nobody executes the whodunit formula better.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Sun-Times</div>

Flying Finish

<div>From a New York Times&ndash;bestselling &ldquo;master of crime fiction and equine thrills,&rdquo; an expert equestrian investigates death threats against a Russian jockey (Newsday). Dick Francis, Edgar Award&ndash;winning 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&rsquo;t refuse. The Royal Family is worried about the prince&rsquo;s brother in law, a jockey and Olympic hopeful. Unfortunately a jealous Russian competitor has sworn to kill him if he sets one hoof in Moscow. So Randall leave behind his thoroughbred horses and loving girlfriend to investigate. But what he finds is more than jealousy. It&rsquo;s a terrifying track of sabotage and murder. And now that he knows, the killer is after him . . . Praise for the writing of Dick Francis: &ldquo;Dick Francis is a wonder.&rdquo; &mdash;The Plain Dealer &ldquo;Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Tribune &ldquo;Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.&rdquo; &mdash;Boston Herald &ldquo;[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.&rdquo; &mdash;The Wall Street Journal &ldquo;Francis is a genius.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;Nobody executes the whodunit formula better.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Sun-Times &ldquo;A rare and magical talent . . . who never writes the same story twice.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego Union-Tribune &lsquo;A rare and magical talent&hellip; who never writes the same story twice&rsquo; San Diego Union-Tribune</div>

Trial Run

<div>&ldquo;The thrills, the terror, come on a mile-a-minute. . . . A particularly ingenious . . . novel of suspense&rdquo; from a New York Times&ndash;bestselling author (Publishers Weekly). Dick Francis, Edgar Award&ndash;winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. When he wakes in a pitch black room with his hands bound, Roland Britten, accountant and champion steeplechase jockey, knows he&rsquo;s entered a nightmare of someone else&rsquo;s making. Wracking his brain to figure out who is out to get him and why, he comes up empty, but somehow manages a death defying escape. It isn&rsquo;t long though before he&rsquo;s recaptured. Now, with his life at stake, he must take every risk to outsmart his well disguised enemy and save himself. Praise for the writing of Dick Francis: &ldquo;Dick Francis is a wonder.&rdquo; &mdash;The Plain Dealer &ldquo;Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Tribune &ldquo;Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.&rdquo; &mdash;Boston Herald &ldquo;[The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills.&rdquo; &mdash;Newsday &ldquo;[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.&rdquo; &mdash;The Wall Street Journal &ldquo;Francis is a genius.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;Nobody executes the whodunit formula better.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Sun-Times &ldquo;A rare and magical talent . . . who never writes the same story twice.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego Union-Tribune</div>

Risk

<div>From a New York Times&ndash;bestselling &ldquo;master of crime fiction and equine thrills,&rdquo; a jockey investigates the source of the rumors threatening his career (Newsday). Dick Francis, Edgar Award&ndash;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. Especially when Rob&rsquo;s racing career takes a downturn and rumors begin to run rampant that he has lost his nerve. But when he takes it upon himself to investigate the source of the stories, he discovers that his troubling losing streak is caused not by a lack of skill or confidence, but something far more sinister. . . . Praise for the writing of Dick Francis: &ldquo;Dick Francis is a wonder.&rdquo; &mdash;Cleveland Plain Dealer &ldquo;Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Tribune &ldquo;Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.&rdquo; &mdash;Boston Herald &ldquo;[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.&rdquo; &mdash;The Wall Street Journal &ldquo;Francis is a genius.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;Nobody executes the whodunit formula better.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Sun-Times &ldquo;A rare and magical talent . . . who never writes the same story twice.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego Union-Tribune</div>

Nerve

<div>From a New York Times bestseller, &ldquo;galloping entertainment&rdquo; about a British secret agent searching for a missing racehorse in the United States (Kirkus Reviews). Dick Francis, Edgar Award&ndash;winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. With only his tormented past for company, Gene Hawkins is restlessly facing three lonely weeks of vacation. So when his boss asks for his help assisting millionaire Dave Teller locate a missing priceless breeding stallion he accepts, against his better judgement. But he gets more action than he bargains for when he draws the attention of his boss&rsquo;s daughter, advances from Teller&rsquo;s socialite wife and the deadly attention of the horse thieves who would be more than happy to put Hawkins out to pasture, permanently . . . Praise for the writing of Dick Francis: &ldquo;Dick Francis is a wonder.&rdquo; &mdash;The Plain Dealer &ldquo;Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Tribune &ldquo;Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.&rdquo; &mdash;Boston Herald &ldquo;[The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills.&rdquo; &mdash;Newsday &ldquo;[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.&rdquo; &mdash;The Wall Street Journal &ldquo;Francis is a genius.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;Nobody executes the whodunit formula better.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Sun-Times &ldquo;A rare and magical talent&hellip; who never writes the same story twice.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego Union-Tribune</div>

Blood Sport

<div>From a New York Times&ndash;bestselling &ldquo;master of crime fiction and equine thrills,&rdquo; a private eye investigates the suspicious death of a horseman (Newsday). Dick Francis, Edgar Award&ndash;winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. 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&rsquo;t think so. He&rsquo;s convinced someone made Sherman disappear, but with every answer David gets, the body count rises. And if he isn&rsquo;t careful, the next body might just be his own . . . Praise for the writing of Dick Francis: &ldquo;Dick Francis is a wonder.&rdquo; &mdash;The Plain Dealer &ldquo;Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Tribune &ldquo;Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.&rdquo; &mdash;Boston Herald &ldquo;[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.&rdquo; &mdash;The Wall Street Journal &ldquo;Francis is a genius.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;Nobody executes the whodunit formula better.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Sun-Times &ldquo;A rare and magical talent . . . who never writes the same story twice.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego Union-Tribune</div>

Slay Ride

<div>From a New York Times bestseller, &ldquo;a superb thriller . . . terrific&rdquo; about a sportswriter who risks his own life investigating a suspicious death (San Francisco Chronicle). Dick Francis, Edgar-Award&ndash;winning 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&rsquo;s column had recently recommended some &lsquo;can&rsquo;t-lose&rsquo; 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&rsquo;s no such thing as a sure thing . . . Praise for the writing of Dick Francis: &ldquo;Dick Francis is a wonder.&rdquo; &mdash;The Plain Dealer &ldquo;Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Tribune &ldquo;Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.&rdquo; &mdash;Boston Herald &ldquo;[The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills.&rdquo; &mdash;Newsday &ldquo;[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.&rdquo; &mdash;The Wall Street Journal &ldquo;Francis is a genius.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;Nobody executes the whodunit formula better.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Sun-Times &ldquo;A rare and magical talent . . . who never writes the same story twice.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego Union-Tribune</div>

Forfeit

<div>From a New York Times bestseller, &ldquo;action, character, and color ride in perfect balance&rdquo; in a thriller about a horse portraitist turned amateur sleuth (Kirkus Reviews). Dick Francis, Edgar Award&ndash;winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. Charles Todd, a renowned painter of horses, is shocked when he turns up at his cousin Donald&rsquo;s house for a weekend visit to find his cousin&rsquo;s young wife dead on the floor and Donald the police&rsquo;s prime suspect. Determined to prove Donald&rsquo;s innocence, Todd trails a series of clues from England to Australia to New Zealand, only to realise someone is trailing him. Someone with every intention of taking him out of the picture for good . . . Praise for the writing of Dick Francis: &ldquo;Dick Francis is a wonder.&rdquo; &mdash;The Plain Dealer &ldquo;Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Tribune &ldquo;Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.&rdquo; &mdash;Boston Herald &ldquo;[The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills.&rdquo; &mdash;Newsday &ldquo;[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.&rdquo; &mdash;The Wall Street Journal &ldquo;Francis is a genius.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;Nobody executes the whodunit formula better.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Sun-Times &ldquo;A rare and magical talent . . . who never writes the same story twice.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego Union-Tribune</div>

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