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2) Wild horses
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As he lies on his deathbed, Valentine Clark harbors a secret he is desperate to be rid of. In his delirium he makes his last confession to Thomas Lyon, a visiting film maker shooting a movie on racing, whom he mistakes for a priest. Wild horses could not drag the secret from a priest, but in Lyon's case silence is merely an option, especially now that the secret has put his life in danger. By the author of Driving Force.
3) Bolt
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Kit Fielding novels volume 2
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After a number of horses are shot by someone using a weapon called a "humane killer," steeple chase jockey Kit Fielding vows to stop the killing.
4) Shattered
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 12
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"When jockey Martin Stukely dies after a fall at Cheltenham, he accidentally embroils his friend Gerard Logan in a perilous search for a stolen videotape. Logan is a glassblower on the verge of widespread acclaim. Long accustomed to the frightful dangers inherent in molten glass and in maintaining a glass making furnace at seldom less than 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit, Logan is suddenly faced with terrifying threats to his business, his courage, and his...
5) Under orders
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Sid Halley novels volume 4
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"Sadly, death at the races in not uncommon. However, three in a single afternoon was sufficiently unusual to rais more than one eyebrow. It's the third death on Cheltenham Gold Cup day that really troubles Sid Halley, last seen in 1995's 'Come to Grief.' Former champion jocke Halley knows the perils of racing all too well -- but in his day, jockeys didn't usually reach the finishing line with three .38 rounds in the chest."--Jacket.
6) Proof
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Young wine merchant Tony Beach's exposure of a liquor scam sparks a brutal murder and forces the corruption in the liquor industry to spread into the realm of thoroughbred horse racing.
7) Risk
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"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, Roland Britten, accountant and champion steeplechase jockey, knows he's entered a nightmare...
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Sid Halley novels volume 3
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The one-handed former jockey, Sid Halley, hunts for the man who mutilates ponies by amputating their hooves, and discovers the suspect is former jockey Ellis Quint. What's more, Quint has powerful interests on his side and they are out to get Halley. By the author of Whip Hand.
9) Break in
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Kit Fielding novels volume 1
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Successful steeplechase jockey Christmas "Kit" Fielding finds himself attacked, chased, kidnapped, and knifed when he comes to the aid of his twin sister Holly and her husband, Bobby Allardeck, star-crossed lovers.
11) To the hilt
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Al Kinloch, a young painter who lives in seclusion on a Scottish mountain is called to London to save his family from financial ruin. It happens after the director of the family brewery embezzles the funds. Far from being a babe in the woods, the painter does an excellent job.
12) Banker
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Internationally popular Dick Francis packs his equestrian mysteries with as much breath-taking suspense and danger as any neck-and-neck thoroughbred race. In this best-seller, he combines the hazard of investing in horses with the calculated risk of high finance to create a plot that twists and turns around every corner. It seems a sure thing when young investment banker Tim Ekaterin underwrites a multi-million-dollar loan for a stud farm. The owner...
13) Driving force
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Freddie's life and his business of transporting racehorses to the course are in danger when one driver breaks the cardinal rule--never pick up a hitchhiker.
14) Enquiry
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Jockey Kelly Hughes and trainer Dexter Cranfield had been barred from racing-- a devastating event for them both. The charge at the secret enquiry? Throwing a race for personal profit. It was a vicious frame-up and, worse, they had nowhere to turn to clear their names. Still, Hughes refused to take the phony verdict lying down-- even though his personal enquiry might have him lying down permanently...
15) Flying finish
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From a New York Times–bestselling "master of crime fiction and equine thrills," an aristocratic amateur jockey gets involved in a criminal investigation (Newsday).
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–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...
16) Straight
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The death of his brother Greville--an enigmatic figure with numerous enemies--bodes ill for Derek Franklin, who inherits numerous aspects of his life, including its dangers.
17) Comeback
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New York Times bestselling Grand Master of Crime Fiction
Foreign Office diplomat Peter Darwin uncovers a peculiar operation involving a veterinary surgeon and the unexplained deaths of several valuable racehorses.
18) Longshot
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Hired to write the biography of a racehorse trainer, author John Kendall encounters more than he bargained for as he stumbles into a web of danger and death in rural England.
19) Slayride
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David found out that Norwegians are fond of English jockeys but not when they turn out to be thieves.
20) The danger
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When a string of kidnappings rocks the horse racing world, Andrew Douglas is brought in to recover the missing-without becoming the next victim.
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