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Dick Francis Decider
Jove 0515116173 / 9780515116175 PAPERBACK Good
0515116173 0515116173 Mass Market Paperback. Good. Lite wear, creases otherwise a solid copy. General Used condition.
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Dick Francis Decider
Putnam Adult 0399138714 / 9780399138713 Hardcover Good
0399138714 0399138714 Former library book with the usual markings and stickers, otherwise clean inside and out
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Dick Francis Driving Force
Fawcett 19940201 0449221393 / 9780449221396 MM Very Good
0449221393 0449221393 From Publishers Weekly Francis's first-rate thriller about the British horse-racing scene--a 10-week PW bestseller--portrays a former steeplechase jockey who learns that his horse transportation firm is implicated in a drug smuggling operation. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. From School Library Journal YA-- From the first paragraph, the action grabs readers and plunges ahead like one of the thoroughbreds that is such valuable secondary characters in every Francis novel. As usual, a particular aspect of the British racing industry is carefully profiled, in this case the job of transporting horses. Former jockey Freddie Croft is the owner of just such a business, and must confront the discovery that his vans have been used for some very unusual smuggling. Freddie discovers two separate plots to victimize race horses through disease; along the way a bit of romance begins to enrich his life, a trusted employee is murdered, computer files are wiped out, and a malicious villain destroys Freddie's home with an ax. Clues abound, with those needed to solve the mystery satisfyingly mixed in with enough red herrings to keep readers happily guessing. Additional plot enrichment is provided by weaving in the latest in computer technology and epidemiology. A dependable writer will satisfy his YA fans once again. - Carolyn E. Gecan, Thomas Jefferson Sci-Tech, Fairfax County, Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Dick Francis Driving Force
G. P. Putnam's Sons 0399137769 / 9780399137761 Hardcover Good
0399137769 0399137769 Ex-Library with all the usual markings, possible attachments, and library wear Clean and tight.
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Dick Francis Enquiry
Pan Books 1971 0330026747 / 9780330026741 Paperback Good
0330026747 0330026747 Editorial Reviews Product Description Kelly Hughes is a jockey, labelled a cheat by a Steward's enquiry. To clear his name he investigates all those who gave evidence, including the Chief Steward who was being blackmailed. Kelly, helped by Roberta, his employer's daughter, finds out who the real villain is and saves the stables. From the Inside Flap "One of the greatest living suspense writers." CBS RADIO Jockey Kelly Hughes and trainer Dexter Cranfield had been barred from racing--for 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.... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Dick Francis Field of Thirteen
Jove 19991001 0515126098 / 9780515126099 MM Very Good
0515126098 0515126098 Amazon Review This first collection of short stories by Dick Francis (author of 10 Lb. Penalty and more than 30 other horseracing mysteries) pulls together five new tales with eight that have appeared scattered in periodicals over the last three decades. One of the pleasures of his stories is witnessing the breadth and variety within Francis's racetrack milieu. In "Dead on Red," a jealous jockey named Davey Rockman hires Emil Jacques, a French assassin and gun collector, to kill the famed rider who stole his job; but Rockman is haunted by his deed much in the same way as is the protagonist in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart." "Raid at Kingdom Hill" tells of Tricksy Wilcox's scheme for a not-so-bright bomb scare, a plan that still might yield the payoff of a lifetime. "Collision Course" is free of murder but frames a delightful conflict between an out-of-work newspaperman and a bounder whose faux manners threaten to bring him down at the peak of his racing syndicate career. The Kentucky Derby story, "The Gift," follows Fred Collyer, a drunken writer who overhears plans for a major racing swindle and struggles against alcohol to publish the story by his deadline. And the collection ends with a what-if story called "Haig's Death" that examines the consequences of the sudden passing of Christopher Haig, an animal feed consultant and race-meeting judge. Poe, who most historians of literature credit as the creator of the short story, declared that a good short story should have nothing extraneous. Francis's stories, for the most part, obey Poe's dictum. Each character and description fits tightly into an unfolding plan so that the mystery or twist is revealed with a satisfying economy of words. While Field of 13 will appeal to Francis loyalists, newcomers, too, will find much to relish in the short fiction of this mystery grand master. --Patrick O'Kelley --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Publishers Weekly Though nearly two score of his novels have come to print, Francis has published only eight short stories in his 41 years as a bestselling author. That octet, composed mostly in the 1970s and initially appearing in various journals (Sports Illustrated, the Times of London, etc.), is reprinted here, along with five new tales, each introduced in brief by Francis. There's not a slacker among them, though few champions either. The earliest yarn, "Carrot for a Chestnut," dating from 1970 (eight years after Francis's first novel), is typical, presenting a morally ordered universe in which malefactors get their due, albeit commonly through indirect means. Here, a jockey who bends a race by feeding a horse a drugged carrot receives his comeuppance by losing his concentration as a result of his crime and getting involved in a nasty accident; as in most of the stories, there's a light twist to the ending. Horse racing figures in every entry, of course. Sometimes it's the focus of a crime?as in "Blind Chance," in which a blind boy picks up on how bettors are getting inside info on races with photo finishes. Sometimes, it's only background, as in "Collision Course," about how a fired newspaper editor hoists poetic justice upon a horrid restaurateur/horse trainer. Most of the stories are superficially clever, but below the quick plotting there's emotional depth; in "Spring Fever," for instance, Francis plumbs the innocent desperation of unrequited December-May love. And throughout there is Francis's voice, strong, smart, ironic, developed even at the beginning but maturing in timbre as he hones his skill. Even more than the horse racing, this voice is the tie that binds these 13 tales into a charmed entertainment. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Dick Francis Forfeit
Jove 0515124451 / 9780515124453 MASS MARKET PAPERBACK Good
0515124451 0515124451 Mass Market Paperback. G. Lite wear, creases otherwise a solid copy. General Used condition.
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Dick Francis Hot Money
Putnam Adult 0399133496 / 9780399133497 Hardcover Good
0399133496 0399133496 Former library book with the usual markings and stickers, otherwise clean inside and out
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Dick Francis Longshot
Fawcett 0449219550 / 9780449219553 MASS MARKET PAPERBACK Good
0449219550 0449219550 Mass Market Paperback, . G. Lite wear, creases otherwise a solid unmarked copy. General Used condition.
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Dick Francis Longshot
New York, NY, U.S.A. Putnam Adult 1990 0399135812 / 9780399135811 Second Printing Hardcover Good
0399135812 0399135812 Good/No Jacket c. 1990, green bds., 320pp., (very lt.shelf wear, corners lightly bumped, crease along spine, text clean). From Publishers Weekly The reliable Francis ( Straight ) delivers again, this time in a thriller featuring young author John Kendall. Kendall writes survival manuals for an adventure-travel agency, but has taken time off to pen a novel. When money runs thin, he agrees to write the biography of famed horse trainer Tremayne Vickers. Leaving London for Vickers's Berkshire home, Kendall arrives as one of Vickers's two principal riders is acquitted of murdering a young woman with whom he'd quarreled. However, members of Vickers's entourage, including sons Gareth and Perkin and Perkin's wife, Mackie, suggest the hot-tempered jockey had some part in the death. Kendall fits easily into the household, conducting research, taking notes, even cooking and working horses; then the body of a missing stablegirl is found in the woods. As Kendall's research continues, his riding skills improve and he is taken into Vickers's confidence, the intrepid writer finds himself under attack. Horses, danger, betrayal and doing the right thing--expected components of a vintage Francis yarn--permeate a plot presented with authority and verve. Paperback rights to Fawcett. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. Product Description ''Fast-paced, meticulously plotted...Nobody sets up a mystery better than Dick Francis.'' SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Travel writer John Kendall didn't think he was doing anything too out of the ordinary when he tramped off to rural England for an interview with a successful race horse trainer. Soon enough, however, Kendall realizes that completing the book will be tricky at best. In fact, the perils described in his survival manuals pale next to the dangers in rural England.... Selected by the Literary Guild, the Mystery Guild, and Doubleday Book Club --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From the Publisher Hired to write the biography of a famous racehorse trainer, John Kendall soon finds himself racing to solve a murder before the killer catches up with him. His continued survival, it seems, would be considered a longshot. ''The best thriller writer going.''--The Atlantic Monthly --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From the Inside Flap ''Fast-paced, meticulously plotted...Nobody sets up a mystery better than Dick Francis.'' SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Travel writer John Kendall didn't think he was doing anything too out of the ordinary when he tramped off to rural England for an interview with a successful race horse trainer. Soon enough, however, Kendall realizes that completing the book will be tricky at best. In fact, the perils described in his survival manuals pale next to the dangers in rural England.... Selected by the Literary Guild, the Mystery Guild, and Doubleday Book Club --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From the Back Cover ''Intelligent, fast-paced.'' --The New York Times Book Review ''FAST-PACED, METICULOUSLY PLOTTED . . . NOBODY SETS UP A MYSTERY BETTER THAN DICK FRANCIS.'' --San Francisco Chronicle ''An exuberant, irresistible collision between writing and racing . . . Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure, inventive menace.'' --Boston Herald ''A tight, taut thriller . . . Gripping.'' --The Cleveland Plain Dealer --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. About the Author Dick Francis is the author of many bestselling mysteries, most recently 10 Lb. Penalty, that are set against a racing background. He divides his time between England and Florida.
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Dick Francis Risk
Fawcett 19931201 044922239X / 9780449222393 MM Very Good
044922239X 044922239X Product Description "Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure, inventive menace." BOSTON HERALD Roland Britten, accountant and champion steeplechase jockey, wakes in darkness with his hands tied. He has no idea where he is or what is happening, and still he manages an escape -- until he is recaptured, and the deadly cat and mouse game proceeds.... From the Publisher Dick Francis, a former jockey, brings his experience of racing and life around the racetrack to his mysteries. (And so far Francis is a three-time winner of the Edgar Award for writing the best mystery of the year.) This horse racing background is appealing to my market area of Southern California. Racing is a popular sport amongst Southlanders. --Nanci Andersen, Ballantine Sales
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Dick Francis SECOND WIND
Putnam Adult 0399145621 / 9780399145629 Hardcover Good
0399145621 0399145621 Former library book with the usual markings and stickers, otherwise clean inside and out
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Dick Francis Shattered
Jove 2001 0515131210 / 9780515131215 Paperback Very Good
0515131210 0515131210 Amazon Review After 41 novels, most writers run out of energy before the final gallop. But Dick Francis's latest thriller is as good as his earliest. Perhaps it's because this one is dedicated to the Queen Mother, who celebrated her centennial in 2000, and who, like her famously horsey daughter, shares Francis's passion for the races. Or maybe he's just found his stride again, after a few less-than-outstanding starts. Here he does one of his best tricks: lures you into a somewhat arcane area you might know little about and explicates it so brilliantly that you don't even realize how much you've learned (in this case, about glass blowing) while a mystery is unraveled, a crime is solved, and the hero gets the girl. This time the mise en sc?
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