Story of murder and suspense, with English steeplechasing for its background.

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...

When many guests fall victim to severe food poisoning at Max's catering of a private affair and when a bomb rips through the private boxes at the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes where Max has prepared a luncheon, Max Moreton, a rising culinary star, vows to protect his name and himself.

Ned Talbot has worked all his life as a book-maker so he knows not to expect any sympathy from the punters as they count their winnings at Royal Ascot. When a man steps forward from the crowd claiming to be his father, Ned is thrown into turmoil. He'd been told that both his parents died when he was a baby. Barely an hour later, his father stabbed by an unknown assailant. Before dying, he warns Ned to "be very careful." But of whom? Of what? Ned finds...

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.

Kidnapping is Andrew Douglas's business: they take them, he finds them. But it isn't so simple when Alessia Cenci, golden-girl jockey, disappears, followed by the young child of a derby winner and the senior steward of the Jockey Club. From Italy to England to Washington, D.C., Andrew's caseload is suddenly, violently overflowing. And he must fight triply hard to keep his own name off the growing list of victims.

Slurs in a gossip column jeopardize the business of Holly and Bobby Allardeck. Holly's twin brother, steeplechase jockey Kit Fielding, searches for the person behind the plot.

"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.

Incomparable New York Times bestselling author Dick Francis offers a compelling tale of fine living, fast horses, and shattering suspense...
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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...