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Francis, Dick
Jockey Kelly Hughes loses his riding licence (Eng. Spelling) and tries to find out who set him up. I wonder what kind of Lotus he drives?

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6/2003

Even Money

Francis, Dick
Written with his son, Felix Francis. A bookie meets his father after 37 years, then dad is murdered. Pretty good!

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11/2009

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12/2011

Field Of Thirteen

Francis, Dick
A collection of shortish stories. Very good. I like the first one, "Raid At Kingdom Hill", the best, I think.

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5/2003

Flying Finish

Francis, Dick
Henry Grey, blood stock agent, pilot, jockey, etc., finally falls in love with a woman in Italy, but nearly is murdered by by his boss.

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7/2001

For Kicks

Francis, Dick
Australian horse trainer Dan Roke goes undercover in Great Britain as a stable lad to find evidance of doping.

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It took me until late afternoon to find what I wanted, a souped-up 500-cc Norton, four years old and the ex-property of a now one-legged young man who done the ton once too often on the Great North Road. --pg. 80.

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6/2003

Forfeit

Francis, Dick
Newspaperman James Tyrone uncovers a vicious gang running a betting scheme. Unlikely resolution with invalid wife.

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6/2003

High Stakes

Francis, Dick
Toymaker Steven Scott has to engineer a horsey switcharoo to eck revenge on the trainer that ripped him off big time.

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6/2003

Hot Money

Francis, Dick
Amateur jockey Ian Pembroke sorts out family squabbles while protecting his father from assault. Touching ending.

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8/2001

In The Frame

Francis, Dick
Painter (of horses) Charles Todd goes to Australia to see if he can find out who killed his cousin-in-law.

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"All the world's a chiaroscuro, and all the men and women merely blobs of light and shade."--pg. 183

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6/2003

Knockdown

Francis, Dick
Jonah Dereham, ex-jockey and horse buyer, keeps trying to buck the system, and keeps getting beat up for his troubles. Yet another poignant ending.

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7/2001

Longshot

Francis, Dick
A writer (of survival books, mostly) researches a biography of a racehorse trainer.

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6/2001

Nerve

Francis, Dick
A steeplechase jockey Rob Finn is accused of losing his nerve. Very good story!

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8/2001

Proof

Francis, Dick
My first Dick Francis book, and it's fabulous! Wine merchant Tony Beach helps find who is selling faked vintage wine.

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6/2001

Rat Race

Francis, Dick
Pilot Matt Shore would like to know who blew up his air taxi (while ferrying jockeys, trainers and owners, of course).

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Shabby pin-ups of superhuman mammalian development were stuck to the walls with Sellotape, and a scatter of torn-off patches of paint showed where dozens of others had been stuck before. --pg. 96

BONUS QUOTE:

After I finished the sandwich I unstuck the Sellotape and took all the bosomy ladies down. The thrusting pairs of heavily ringed nipples regard me sorrowfully, like spaniels" eyes. Smiling, I folded them decently over and dropped them in the rubbish bin. --pg. 169

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6/2003

Reflex

Francis, Dick
Jockey/photographer Philip Nore finds some interesting photos in a dead track photographer's junk box, an sees what develops. Very good, tricky photography puzzles.

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7/2001

Risk

Francis, Dick
Accountant and amateur jockey Roland Britten keeps getting kidnapped.

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"I had a friend whose boyfriend insisted on taking her sailing," she said. "She said she didn't terribly mind being wet, or cold, or hungry, or seasick, or frightened. She just didn't like them all at once."

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6/2003

Second Wind

Francis, Dick
Meteoroligist Perry Stuart visits Florida, flies through a hurricane, crashes in the ocean, crashes again on land, meets a good woman, and helps catch the bad guys selling nuclear gook.

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7/2001

Shattered

Francis, Dick
Gerard Logan, glassblower, keeps getting attacked by people looking for a videotape his dead jockey friend sent him, except he doesn't HAVE said videotape. Very good!

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7/2001

Silks

Francis, Dick
Lawyer (and amateur jockey) Geoffrey Mason is threatened by awful thug Julian Trent to throw a case. Written with son Felix Francis, who looks like someone I'd enjoying having a drink with.

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11/2009

Slayride

Francis, Dick
David Cleveland, investigator for the English Jockey Club, goes to Norway to look for a missing jockey and some missing money.

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7/2001
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[Abadzis - Aiken] [Aiken - Allinghamc] [Alvarez - Angelou] [Anthony - Atkins] [Atkinson - Backman] [Backman - Balliett] [Balliett - Barnard] [Barnard - Barnes] [Barnhill - Barr] [Barr - Beanton] [Bear - Beaton] [Beaton - Beaton] [Beaton - Berendt] [Berger - Block] [Block - Block] [Block - Bonham] [Bonham - Box] [Boyle - Brown] [Bruchac - Bujold] [Bujold - Bujold] [Bujold - Canales] [Cannell - Card] [Card - Caunitz] [Caunitz - Charles] [Charles - Clancy] [Clancy - Coben] [Coben - Cole] [Coleman - Collins] [Collins - Connelly] [Connelly - Connelly] [Connelly - Cook] [Cook - Corin] [Cornish - Crais] [Crais - Creech] [Crew - Crusie] [Crusie - Cussler] [Cussler - Davidson] [Davidson - Dickinson] [Dickinson - Dorsey] [Dorsey - Dorsey] [Dorsey - Draper] [Duane - Elkins] [Elkins - Eszterhas] [Evanovich - Fairstein] [Fairstein - Fenner] [Ferber - Flanagan] [Flanagan - Flint] [Flint - Foster] [Foster - Francis] [Francis - Francis] [Francis - Frazier] [Freedman - Gaiman] [Gaiman - Gash] [Gash - Going] [Gold - Grafton] [Grafton - Grant] [Grant - Greenwald] [Greer - Grimes] [Grimes - Haddix] [Haddix - Hale] [Hale - Hallinan] [Hallinan - Harland] [Harper - Hebden] [Heinlein - Heinlein] [Heinlein - Henry] [Henry - Herriot] [Hershon - Hiaasen] [Hiaasen - Hillerman] [Hillerman - Hobbs] [Hobbs - Horowitz] [Horowitz - Hyland] [Hyman - Jemisin] [Jenkins - Joyce] [Kaaberbøl - Kaminsky] [Kaminsky - Kerasote] [Key - King] [King-Smith - Koch] [Kollin - Kraus] [Krueger - Larson] [Larson - Leblanc] [Leblanc - Lefcourt] [LeGuin - Lescroart] [Lescroart - Linsdau] [Linville - Lovelace] [Lovelace - Lutz] [Lutz - MacPherson] [MacPherson - Marcinko] [Marcinko - Martini] [Marusek - Mazer] [McAlister - McCammon] [McCarthy - McCullough] [McDevitt - Meyer] [Meyer - Monninger] [Montgomery - Moon] [Moore - Moulton] [Mowat - Neville] [Ng - Northcutt] [Norton - O'Brian] [O'Brian - O'Brien] [O'Brien - Osman] [Osman - Paretsky] [Paretsky - Parker] [Parker - Parker] [Parker - Patrick] [Patron - Paulsen] [Paulsen - Pelletier] [Pelletier - Philbrick] [Philbrick - Powell] [Poyer - Poyer] [Poyer - Pratchett] [Pratchett - Pronzini] [Pronzini - Pullman] [Pullman - Quinn] [Quinn - Reeve] [Reeves - Ringo] [Ringo - Rodman] [Rohmer - Rowling] [Rubens - Ryan] [Ryan - Scalzi] [Scalzi - Schmidt] [Schmidt - Scottoline] [Scottoline - Setterfield] [Shaffer - Shusterman] [Shute - Smith] [Smith - Sparks] [Specht - Stark] [Stark - Stephenson] [Stephenson - Stroke] [Stroke - Strunk] [Sturgeon - Taylor] [Taylor - Townsend] [Tracy - Updale] [Urban - Van Name] [van Vogt - Walsh] [Walsh - Weber] [Weber - Wells] [Wells - Westlake] [Westlake - Westlake] [Westlake - Willis] [Willis - Wodehouse] [Wodehouse - Yep] [Yep - Zusak] 

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