Dick Francis

Horse breeder Daniel Roke goes undercover as a stable hand to find out who is behind a rash of horse druggings.

With this New York Times bestseller, Dick Francis creates an intoxicating blend of the good life, fast horses, and nail-biting suspense. After a shattering accident plunges a society soiree into chaos, an unassuming wine merchant is left with the bitter aftertaste of suspicion and fear. While catering an outdoor party for a prominent horse trainer, Tony Beach hears rumors of inferior whisky being sold under premium labels. All of that is forgotten,...

Ex-jockey Freddie Croft, who owns a profitable fleet of horse vans, is sweep unknowingly into a malign conspiracy.

Architect Lee Morris becomes involved with the Stratton Park racecource and becomes a major player in a dangerous game.

An actor who plays a superstar detective in films is asked to go to South Africa to investigate the questionable training of race horses.

Defense lawyer Geoffrey Mason agrees to counsel jockey, Steve Mitchell, who has been accused of killing another rider and soon finds himself involved in a web of lies and violence.

Reclusive Alexander Kinloch is called from his home in the wilds of Scotland to the death bed of his stepfather in London, not realizing that he is being drawn into the very dangerous company of polite society.

From a New York Times bestseller, "action, character, and color ride in perfect balance" in a thriller about a horse portraitist turned amateur sleuth (Kirkus Reviews). Dick Francis, Edgar Award–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's house for a weekend visit to find his cousin's young wife...

Shell-shocked and missing a foot-lost to an IED during his tour of duty in Afghanistan-Captain Tom Forsyth has been sent "home" by the army and, at loose ends, returns to his estranged mother's house for the first time since he joined up at seventeen. But Josephine Kauri, the "first lady of British racing," has always put the horses she trains first and her family last. Tom soon finds himself strained to the breaking point with his mother and stepfather....

John, a travel guide writer, out of necessity begins writing the biography of a racehorse trainer and encounters unforeseen dangers.