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1) Forfeit
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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.
2) Blood sport
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Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
From a New York Times bestseller, “galloping entertainment” about a British secret agent searching for a missing racehorse in the United States (Kirkus Reviews).
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–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...
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–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...
4) Enquiry
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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.
5) Dead cert
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English
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Story of murder and suspense, with English steeplechasing for its background.
6) Bonecrack
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English
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At midnight Neil Griffon's home is broken into and he is abducted by masked men. When he wakes up, hours later, Neil discovers that "unless he cooperates" his kidnappers will destroy his father's racing stable, his precious horses and even Neil himself.
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Joe Grey and his partner, Dulcie, are frantic when Courtney, their pretty teen-kitten goes missing. Aided by their two- and four-legged friends, they hit the streets of Molina Point in search of their calico girl. Has Joe Grey and Dulcie's only daughter been lured away by someone and stolen? Is she lying somewhere hurt, or worse? Courtney has no idea that everyone is desperately looking for her. Locked in an upstairs apartment above the local antiques...
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Bobbsey Twins series volume 10
Bobbsey twins books volume 10
The original Bobbsey Twins volume Book 10
The Bobbsey twins volume 10
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Bobbsey twins books volume 10
The original Bobbsey Twins volume Book 10
The Bobbsey twins volume 10
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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"The Bobbsey Twins are the principal characters of what was, for many years, the longest-running series of children's novels. The books related the adventures of the children of the middle-class Bobbsey family, which included two sets of fraternal twins: Bert and Nan, who where 12 years old, and Flossie and Freddie, who where six. Share the stories of your childhood with your children and grandchildren! Here are the original Bobbsey Twin adventures."--Amazon....
9) Chained
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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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English
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"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...
10) In the frame
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Series
Lexile measure
830L
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English
Description
The murder of his cousin's wife involves an English painter in the pursuit of an Australian art forging gang.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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J.J., the search and rescue dog, is ready for a bit of rest and relaxation after solving the mystery of the missing chicks, but there is a new dog next door who is stealing the attention of Moosh and her chicks and the threat of a roaming possum keeps J.J. on the alert.
12) Odds against
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Series
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English
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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.
15) For kicks
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Series
Lexile measure
1030L
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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...
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English
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When Lucy, a pregnant giant anteater from Belize, is blamed for killing the man found dead in her pen, California zookeeper Teddy Bentley races against time to find the real culprit before Lucy is shipped to another zoo, but her investigation is undermined by another murder, a threatened eviction, a father on the lam, and a socialite mother out to destroy her romance with Sheriff Joe Rejas.
17) Slay-ride
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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].
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Mr. Pin volume 3
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English
Description
Mr. Pin, the rock hopper penguin detective in Chicago, investigates two cases involving gargoyles and baseball.
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Kate Turner, DVM mysteries volume 7
Dr. Kate Vet Mystery
Dr. Kate vet mysteries volume 3
Kate Turner DVM mysteries volume 7
Dr. Kate Vet Mystery
Dr. Kate vet mysteries volume 3
Kate Turner DVM mysteries volume 7
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English
Description
"It's February in the Hudson Valley and Oak Falls veterinarian Dr. Kate is once again up to her galoshes in corpses Hudson Valley winters can be brutal...and deadly! Dr. Kate is once again on the case (not to mention thin ice) after discovering a young engaged couple frozen to death in the lake. To make matters worse, her temporary receptionist appears to have overdosed from a recreational sedative used at the animal hospital. Kate barely has time...
20) Knockdown
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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...
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