Sorted on book title (not in series order)
Everyone "comes to grief", mourns many lost lives, friendships, loyalties in this troubling sad novel where we know the perpetrator from the start. Laughing, lovable ex-jockey Ellis Quint has everything he could want: fame, youth, money, good looks, talent, parents and public that believe...Read more
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Matt Shore was an experienced pilot. He'd done it all. From big jets to flying in supplies to war zones. So when he gets a job ferrying high class punters around England's race courses he might be forgiven for expecting the quiet life. But then his plane explodes in a massive fireball. He...Read more
Sid Halley, is a former jockey, forced to retire when he lost his arm after a race fall. He now earns his living as a Private Investigator. Sid is at the Cheltenham Gold Cup day races when there are three deaths. Two are explainable; a horse injured in a fall and a winning owner dying of a...Read more
Dick Francis has been a hugely successful author over a period of thirty years and has a devoted following. It has been many years since I read any of his novels which I used to enjoy. However, I found myself struggling with UNDER ORDERS. I’m not sure if my tastes have changed or if Mr...Read more
Sid Halley had been a champion jockey. But those days were lost in a fall beneath 500 pounds of horse that cost him his left hand and his racing future -- and fractured his marriage in the bargain.
Now medical and engineering science have provided him with a marvelous mechanical...Read more