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1) Enquiry
Author
Language
English
Description
"No jockey like being labelled a cheat. Least of all by a Stewards' Enquiry. Kelly Hughes' career looks doomed. He knows he's been framed, but finding the reason could prove dangerous. Especially with a killer on his tail." Originally published: London: Michael Joseph, 1969.
2) In the frame
Author
Series
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
The murder of his cousin's wife involves an English painter in the pursuit of an Australian art forging gang.
4) Owl at home
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
370L
Language
English
Description
Owl invites Winter into his home, concocts tear-water tea, and tries to be in two places at once.
5) For kicks
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Description
From a New York Times–bestselling “master of crime fiction and equine thrills,” a horse breeder goes undercover to investigate a horse doping scheme (Newsday).
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–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...
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–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...
6) Mouse soup
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
440L
Language
English
Description
When a mouse learns that he is to be the main ingredient in the weasel's mouse soup he concocts four tales to delay its preparation.
Author
Series
Christmas volume 04
Language
English
Description
Reporter Emma Collins is given an assignment to interview the finalists in a fruitcake recipe contest and enlists the help of local pilot Oliver Hamilton; but in the weeks before Christmas, Emma finds herself falling for Oliver and meets three women who know a lot about life.
8) Slay-ride
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"When a champion jockey disappears--right before a big race and the birth of his child--British investigator David Cleveland bets on foul play."--Cover p. [4].
10) Knockdown
Author
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
From the New York Times–bestselling“master of crime fiction and equine thrills,” a former jockey takes on the crooked world of horse dealing (Newsday).
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–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...
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–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...
11) Bowser the hound
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chronicles the adventures of Bowser the hound with an assortment of other animals.
12) Forfeit
Author
Language
English
Description
Jim Tyrone is commissioned to do a sports story on the Lamplighter horse race. He suddenly finds himself involved in a mysterious death and a fight against the bookmakers who have been tampering with the odds.
13) Chained
Author
Series
Kate Turner, DVM mysteries volume 3
Kate Turner D.V.M. mystery volume 03
Kate Turner Dvm
Kate Turner DVM mystery volume 03
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Kate Turner D.V.M. mystery volume 03
Kate Turner Dvm
Kate Turner DVM mystery volume 03
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Language
English
Description
"Everyone in the charming Hudson Valley town of Oak Falls expected Flynn Keegan, their handsome blond "Golden Boy" to make it big in Hollywood. So when veterinarian Kate Turner identifies a bone dug up by one of her dog patients as human, no one thinks back ten years to remember Flynn. Until DNA and a smashed skull proved he was murdered. With few clues available to the forensic team, the grieving family begs Kate to investigate. His four closest...
14) Risk
Author
Language
English
Description
“The thrills, the terror, come on a mile-a-minute. . . . A particularly ingenious . . . novel of suspense” from a New York Times–bestselling author (Publishers Weekly).
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–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,...
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–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,...
15) Odds against
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When a crippled hand forces jockey Sid Halley to turn to another career, he becomes involved in saving a racecourse from a greedy land grabber.
16) Swordbird
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Warring factions of blue jays and cardinals call on Swordbird, the heroic bird of peace, to rescue them from the evil machinations of Turnatt, the tyrant hawk lord who plans to enslave them.
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this remarkable groundbreaking book, a documentarian and conservationist, determined to dispel misplaced fear and correct common misconceptions, explores in-depth the secret lives of sharks -- magnificent creatures who play an integral part in maintaining the health of the world's oceans and ultimately the planet. From the Jaws blockbusters to Shark Week, we are conditioned to see sharks as terrifying cold-blooded underwater predators. But as...
18) What a dog knows
Author
Language
English
Description
"Ruby Heartwood has spent her life running away. Away from the orphanage where she was left as a newborn, away from those who exploited her, and away from the man who raped her. She ran from child welfare authorities as a runaway and teenage mother. She's never stayed put. She's never felt connected. Until now. Ruby is a psychic, a fortune teller. She has spent most of her life working at street fairs, carnivals, and the odd Renaissance Faire. Of...
19) Dead cert
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Story of murder and suspense, with English steeplechasing for its background.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Laid off, cheated on, mugged: what else can go wrong in Maeve Stephens' life? So when she learns her birth mother has left her a house, a vintage VW Beetle, and a marauding cat, in the small town of Timber Creek, Washington, she packs up to discover the truth about her past. She arrives to the sight of a cheerful bulldog abandoned on her front porch, a reclusive but tempting author living next door, and a set of ready-made friends at the St. Francis...
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