Dick Francis bol britský spisovateľ detektívnych románov. Tento bývalý džokej si získal dobré meno ako autor detektívok z dostihového prostredia. Narodil sa ako Richard Stanley Francis v mestečku Lawrenny v južnom Walese. Po ukončení kariéry sa stal dostihovým korešpondentom London Sunday Express, pre ktorý písal až do roku 1973. Svoju prvú knihu - autobiografiu - vydal v roku 1957, prvý román potom o päť rokov neskôr, v roku 1962. Odvtedy sa mu darilo vydať pravidelne jeden román ročne.
Wine merchant Tony Beach is present at the annual party celebrating the success of the racing season when a runaway horsebox ploughs into the marquee. Witness to the terrible death and destruction Tony believes it is a terrible accident until he... Zobraziť viac
Architect Lee Morris inherits a partial ownership in the Stratton Park racecourse—and with it, a dangerous position among the warring upper-class family trying to settle its fate.... Zobraziť viac
When you are saddled with relatives like those of jockey Ian Pembroke, you've got valid cause for concern. For starters, there's Ian's father, Malcolm, a gold arbitraguer with a Midas touch in everything but wives (he's had five)... Zobraziť viac
In the middle of the night, two masked men break into Neil Griffon's home and abduct him. He quickly discovers that unless he agrees to their unreasonable demands, they will destroy his father's precious horses and racing stable--and, ultimately, Neil... Zobraziť viac
Kit Fielding will do whatever it takes to stop the killing of racehorses. Not an easy task considering that the woman he adores is leaving him, an international arms dealer is threatening him, and Kit’s nemesis has plans to knock him off the track—and... Zobraziť viac
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 ... Zobraziť viac
After his friend is killed in a horse-racing accident, up-and-coming glass artisan Gerard Logan finds himself embroiled in a deadly search for a stolen videotape—a videotape that just might... Zobraziť viac
A story of drama and intrigue set on the sinister side of the international racing circuit. Tor Kelsey, an undercover agent for the Jockey Club's Security Service trails Julius Apollo Filmer, a blackmailer and murderer, onto a luxury train carrying... Zobraziť viac
A man doesn't publicly shoot himself in the head in broad daylight with no warning... Zobraziť viac
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 ... Zobraziť viac
A royally connected candidate is going for gold at the Moscow Olympic Games. But a mysterious 'Aloysha' has threatened to turn it into an international incident... Zobraziť viac
Crossfire is the new thriller from father son team Dick Francis and Felix Francis. Captain Thomas Forsyth's tour of Afghanistan is cut brutally short when he is badly wounded by a roadside bomb. Returning home, to his mother - a racehorse trainer and... Zobraziť viac
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 of someone else's making. Wracking his brain to figure out who's out to get him and why, he comes up... Zobraziť viac
Wine merchant Tony Beach has expertly catered his latest society soiree, but the fun's over when a team of hit men crash the party literally. The event leaves Tony with a bitter aftertaste of suspicion and sets off a mystery that's an intoxicating... Zobraziť viac
