Books I've Read

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Accountant and amateur jockey Roland Britten keeps getting kidnapped.

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.

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!

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.

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

Actor Edward Lincoln goes to South Africa to find out why his friend's horses aren't racing well.