Books by Dick Francis

Dead Heat (2007)
With his rising culinary career threatened by an episode of food poisoning at a private affair that ...

Crossfire (2011)
After he discovers that his mother, an esteemed horse trainer, is being blackmailed and forced to ma...

Forfeit (2005)
When racing columnist James Tyrone is commissioned to write an in-depth study of the Lamplighter hor...

High Stakes (1975)
With a glass of champagne in one hand and binoculars in the other, the world of racing could seem a ...

Odds Against (2005)
Depressed since the accident that ended his racing career, Sid Halley accepts a position at a detect...

Second Wind (1999)
A hurricane-chasing trip to the Caribbean spells danger for English meteorologist Perry Stuart as a ...

To the Hilt (2004)
Alexander Kinloch, a reclusive young Scottish painter, is called to London to attend to his stepfath...

Silks (2008)
Geoffrey Mason is well known (as "Perry" Mason) among the pro riders, including Steve Mitchell and S...

Nerve (2006)
In one of the early novels that established the author as a master of the whodunit, a struggling you...

Whip Hand (1979)
Ex-jockey Sid Halley is now a crack private investigator and, while checking out the mysterious fail...

Under Orders (2006)
When three corpses turn up on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day, including a jockey who had earlier in the day...

10 Lb. Penalty (1998)
Ben Juliard's dream of becoming a jockey is overshadowed by his father George's campaign for Parliam...

Slay Ride (2008)
"When a champion jockey disappears--right before a big race and the birth of his child--British inve...

Bolt (1988)
Kit Fielding's patron, Princess Casilia, is in real trouble. Her invalid husband is being threatened...

Break in (2005)
Successful steeplechase jockey Christmas "Kit" Fielding finds himself attacked, chased, kidnapped, a...

Come to Grief (1996)
Having exposed an adored racing figure as a monster, Sid Halley must testify at the man's trial. But...

Dead Cert (1962)
Story of murder and suspense, with English steeplechasing for its background....

The Edge (2005)
Tor Kelsey, a young undercover security operative for the British Jockey Club, is assigned to thwart...

Enquiry (2004)
When jockey Kelly Hughes and trainer Dexter Cranfield are falsely charged with fixing a race for per...

Hot Money (1996)
Multi-millionaire Malcolm Pembroke's colourful life has included five wives and nine children. When ...

Bonecrack (2006)
In charge of his father's stables after a grisly accident lands the old man in the hospital, Neil Gr...

Driving Force (1992)
When a hitchhiker picked up by one of his drivers is later found murdered, ex-jockey Freddie Croft, ...

Decider (1993)
Architect Lee Morris inherits partial ownership of the Stratton Park racecourse and finds himself em...

Reflex (1986)
Jockey Phillip Nore must discover the reasons behind the murder of a track photographer as he delves...

Banker (1984)
When young investment banker Tim Ekaterin becomes involved in the cutthroat world of thoroughbred ra...

Risk (1993)
Accountant and champion steeplechase jockey Roland Britten awakens to find himself cold, blind, and ...