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The Edge
Автор: Dick Francis Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2005 Страниц: 368 Дата загрузки: 9 февраля 20092007-10-21
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A high-class, transcontinental horse-racing junket should be an idyllic getaway for the super-rich. But one passenger on this train is a sociopath, a genius at blackmail and criminal corruption—and he plans to take everyone for everything they've got.
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Flying Finish
Автор: Dick Francis Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2005 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 13 декабря 20092008-02-23
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Henry Grey takes a dirty, demanding job transporting racehorses by air. But when he discovers that he's actually transporting something altogether different, he has to call upon every ounce of resourcefulness he has to land with his life intact.
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High Stakes
Автор: Dick Francis Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2006 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 16 марта 20092007-12-13
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Steven Scott may have been a successful, wealthy inventor with no experience in horseracing, but with the inspired guidance of his trainer, Jody Leeds, and the prowess of a beautiful black hurdler named Energise, he has brought home several wins. But his winning streak is about to come to a fast end when he discovers trouble in his own stables — trouble that could bring about his own termination if he doesn’t watch his step…
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In the Frame
Автор: Dick Francis Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2006 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 16 марта 20092007-12-13
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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 dead on the floor — and Donald the police’s prime suspect. Determined to prove Donald’s innocence, Todd trails a set of clues from England to Australia to New Zealand, only to realize that someone is trailing him. Someone with every intention of taking him out of the picture for good…
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Knockdown
Автор: Dick Francis Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2006 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 16 марта 20092007-12-13
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For a generous commission, ex-prize-winning jockey Jonah Dereham reluctantly agrees to bid on a young steeplechaser on behalf of a wealthy American woman. But his life is thrust into danger immediately following the auction, when he receives a blow to the head by two thugs demanding ownership of the horse. Unfortunately, that’s just the beginning — and now Jonah must figure out the high-stakes game being played…before he becomes its next casualty.
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Under Orders
Автор: Dick Francis Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Издательство: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2007 Страниц: 400 Дата загрузки: 15 мая 20102009-07-21
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It’s the third death on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day that really troubles super-sleuth Sid Halley. Former champion jockey 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. But this is precisely how he finds jockey Huw Walker – who, only a few hours earlier, had won the coveted Triumph Hurdle. Just moments before the gruesome discovery, Halley had been called upon by Lord Enstone to make discreet enquiries into why his horses appeared to be on a permanent losing streak. Are races being fixed? Are bookies taking a cut? And if so, are trainers and jockeys playing a dangerous game with stakes far higher than they realise? Halley’s quest for answers draws him ever deeper into the darker side of the race game, in a life-or-death power play that will push him to his very limits – both professionally and personally.
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Silks
Автор: Dick Francis Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Издательство: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2009 Страниц: 432 Дата загрузки: 21 августа 20112012-04-07
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When defence barrister Geoffrey Mason hears the judge’s guilty verdict, he quietly hopes that a long and arduous custodial sentence will be handed down to his arrogant young client. That Julian Trent only receives eight years seems all too lenient. Little does Mason expect that he’ll be seeing Trent again much sooner than he’d ever imagined. Setting aside his barrister’s wig, Mason heads to Sandown to don his racing silks. An amateur jockey, his true passion is to be found in the saddle, on a thoroughbred, pounding the turf. But when a fellow rider is brutally murdered – a pitchfork driven through his chest – the prime suspect is champion jockey Steve Mitchell and the evidence is overwhelming. Mason, reluctant to heed Mitchell’s pleas for legal advice, soon finds himself at the centre of a sinister web of threat and intimidation and is left fighting a battle of right and wrong, and more immediately, a battle of life and death… his own.
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Blood Sport
Автор: Dick Francis Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 1999 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 12 апреля 20092000-06-21
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When Gene Hawkins's boss asks him to locate a missing priceless breeding stallion, he gets more action than he bargained for — including the affection of his boss's daughter, advances from a millionaire's wife, and the deadly attention of horse thieves...
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Whip Hand
Автор: Dick Francis Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Издательство: Macmillan Publishers Год: 1990 Страниц: 378 Дата загрузки: 18 июня 20091995-08-17
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There are two worlds in racing. Winning and losing. Private detective Sid Halley has gone from one to the other — fast. First his career as a jockey ended when he lost his hand in a fall. Then his wife said a cold good-bye. Now he's on the trail of thugs who crush losers. With vicious pleasure. These are people who aim to win — at any price. There's a syndicate of owners with a sideline in violent kidnapping. And Trevor Deansgate, a bookmaker whose hatred of favourites goes one deathly step too far... For the sake of his health, Halley had better return to winning ways. Because to lose is to die...
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Bolt
Автор: Dick Francis Жанр: Современная зарубежная литература Издательство: Macmillan Publishers Год: 1998 Страниц: 240 Дата загрузки: 21 июля 20092003-08-17
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Kit Fielding's patron, Princess Casilia, is in trouble. Her invalid husband is being threatened by a business partner. And to enforce the threat all the Princess's best runners are being wantonly destroyed — shot by a bolt. The only person she can turn to is Kit, but he has problems of his own. His fiance Danielle appears to have changed her mind. And the old Fielding-Allardeck feud has once again violently intensified. Wherever he goes, the champion jockey seems to attract bloodshed...
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Comeback
Автор: Dick Francis Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Macmillan Publishers Год: 1991 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 15 сентября 20091992-12-20
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Peter Darwin was hoping for some quiet leave from the Foreign Office. Instead he found himself in the village of his childhood — at the service of a veterinary surgeon whose operating theatre was rapidly acquiring an unwanted reputation as an abattoir. The sudden unexplained death of a string of valuable racehorses from one small area in Gloucestershire was a mystery the police couldn't solve. But Darwin was local. He remembered the people and what was at stake...And now he know enough to get himself killed...
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Come to Grief
Автор: Dick Francis Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Издательство: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2009 Страниц: 407 Дата загрузки: 24 августа 20112012-04-24
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Sid Halley, the ex-champion jockey turned investigator who appears in «Odds Against» and «Whip Hand», is back. In «Come to Grief» he faces new dangers, new deeply demanding decisions. Sid has uncovered an obnoxious crime committed by a friend whom he — and everyone else — has held in deep affection. On the morning set for the opening of the friend's trial, at which sid is due to be called as a witness, other people's miseries explode and send him spinning into days of hard rational detection and heart-searching torment. Troubled, courageous and unwilling to admit defeat, for Sid Halley it is business as usual.
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Bonecrack
Автор: Dick Francis Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2006 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 16 марта 20092007-12-13
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Abducted by two men, Neil Griffon discovers that unless he agrees to their unreasonable demands, they will destroy his father's precious horses and racing stable — and, ultimately, Neil himself. Returned to his father's stables, he must find a way to bring down these criminals. Because having to choose between his integrity and his life is no choice at all.
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Driving Force
Автор: Dick Francis Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2010 Страниц: 327 Дата загрузки: 28 июля 20112012-07-14
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Jockey Freddie Croft discovers a high-stakes conspiracy that exposes the seedy underside of horse racing — and faces even deadlier odds of survival than in any steeplechase run.
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Even Money
Автор: Dick Francis Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2010 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 06 мая 20132013-04-12
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Royal Ascot's first day, and bookmaker Ned Talbot watches helplessly as a string of favourites come in. With the punters totting up their winnings, he counts his losses. Then an old man steps forward with a very different claim. The father Ned never knew — long ago believed killed in a car crash — is standing before him. Barely an hour later, Ned's newly-found father is dying in Ascot's car park. Stabbed by an unknown assailant, he warns Ned 'be very careful'. But of whom? Of what? Ned races to discover the truth behind his father's disappearance and sudden reappearance. It's not just money on the line now. It's lives.
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Silks
Автор: Dick Francis Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2009 Страниц: 344 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20112013-03-18
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Although an amateur, Geoff Mason is well-known among pro riders, including Steve Mitchell and Scot Barlow — the top two pros. So when Barlow is murdered, with Mitchell's pitchfork, Geoff finds himself pulled into the case. The problem is, which side is he on? Dick Francis is the author of more than forty books, including New York Times-bestseller UNDER ORDERS.
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Even Money
Автор: Dick Francis Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2010 Страниц: 448 Дата загрузки: 22 сентября 20152013-02-26
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The «New York Times» — bestselling authors return with a heart-stopping new novel. On the first day of Royal Ascot, a man steps forward claiming to be Ned Talbot's long-lost father. Barely an hour later, the man is found stabbed to death. Ned embarks on a race to solve his father's murder.
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Silks
Автор: Dick Francis Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2008 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 24 августа 20102013-08-17
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Julian Trent, you have been found guilty by this court of perpetrating a violent and unprovoked attack on an innocent family including a charge of attempted murder. You have shown little or no remorse for your actions and I consider you a danger to society. When defense lawyer Geoffrey Mason hears the judgeas ruling at Londonas Old Bailey, he quietly hopes that a substantial sentence will be handed down to his arrogant young client. That Julian Trent only receives eight years seems all too lenient. Little does Mason realize that heall be looking Trent in the eyes again much sooner than that. Setting aside his barristeras gown and wig, Mason heads to Sandown racetrack to don his colorful racing silks. As an amateur jockey, he fulfills his true passion by pounding the turf in the heat of a steeplechase. Yet when a fellow rider is brutally murderedaa pitchfork driven through his chestaMasonas racing hobby soon becomes too close to his work. The prime suspect is one of their brethren, champion jockey Steve Mitchell, and the evidence against him seems overwhelming. Mason is reluctant to heed Mitchellas plea for legal helpabut he soon finds himself at the center of a sinister web of violence, threats and intimidation. Mason is left fighting a battle of right and wrong, and more immediately, a battle of life and death his own.
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