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Название: DRIVING FORCE
Автор: Dick Francis
Издательство: Penguin Group
Год: 2010 Страниц: 327 Формат: PDF
Размер: 11.45 mb
Жанр: Penguin Group
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Jockey Freddie Croft discovers a high-stakes conspiracy that exposes the seedy underside of horse racing — and faces even deadlier odds of survival than in any steeplechase run.
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Название: EVEN MONEY
Автор: Dick Francis
Издательство: Penguin Group
Год: 2010 Страниц: 448 Формат: DOC
Размер: 11.20 mb
Жанр: Penguin Group
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«The «New York Times» — bestselling authors return with a heart-stopping new novel. On the first day of Royal Ascot, a man steps forward claiming to be Ned Talbot's long-lost father. Barely an hour later, the man is found stabbed to death. Ned embarks on a race to solve his father's murder.»
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Название: SILKS
Автор: Dick Francis
Издательство: Macmillan Publishers
Год: 2009 Страниц: 432 Формат: PDF
Размер: 15.12 mb
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
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When defence barrister Geoffrey Mason hears the judge’s guilty verdict, he quietly hopes that a long and arduous custodial sentence will be handed down to his arrogant young client. That Julian Trent only receives eight years seems all too lenient. Little does Mason expect that he’ll be seeing Trent again much sooner than he’d ever imagined. Setting aside his barrister’s wig, Mason heads to Sandown to don his racing silks. An amateur jockey, his true passion is to be found in the saddle, on a thoroughbred, pounding the turf. But when a fellow rider is brutally murdered – a pitchfork driven through his chest – the prime suspect is champion jockey Steve Mitchell and the evidence is overwhelming. Mason, reluctant to heed Mitchell’s pleas for legal advice, soon finds himself at the centre of a sinister web of threat and intimidation and is left fighting a battle of right and wrong, and more immediately, a battle of life and death… his own.
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Название: SILKS
Автор: Dick Francis
Издательство: Penguin Group
Год: 2009 Страниц: 344 Формат: PDF
Размер: 12.04 mb
Жанр: Penguin Group
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Although an amateur, Geoff Mason is well-known among pro riders, including Steve Mitchell and Scot Barlow — the top two pros. So when Barlow is murdered, with Mitchell's pitchfork, Geoff finds himself pulled into the case. The problem is, which side is he on? Dick Francis is the author of more than forty books, including New York Times-bestseller UNDER ORDERS.
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Название: OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY 4: REFLEX
Автор: Dick Francis
Издательство: Oxford University Press
Год: 2008 Страниц: 104 Формат: PDF
Размер: 3.64 mb
Жанр: Oxford University Press
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The Oxford Bookworms Library provides superb reading and student / teacher support for the classroom, and is also highly recommended for schools running Extensive Reading Programmes, offering the right range of books that encourage students to read for pleasure. People who ride racehorses love the speed, the excitement, the danger — and winning the race. Philip Nore has been riding for many years and he always wants to win — but sometimes he is told to lose. Why? And what is the mystery about the photographer, George Millace, who has just died in a car crash? Philip Nore knows the answer to the first question, and he wants to find out the answer to the second. But as he begins to learn George Millace's secrets, he realizes that his own life is in danger.
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Название: SILKS
Автор: Dick Francis
Издательство: Daedalus Books
Год: 2008 Страниц: 352 Формат: DOC
Размер: 8.80 mb
Жанр: Daedalus Books
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Julian Trent, you have been found guilty by this court of perpetrating a violent and unprovoked attack on an innocent family including a charge of attempted murder. You have shown little or no remorse for your actions and I consider you a danger to society. When defense lawyer Geoffrey Mason hears the judgeas ruling at Londonas Old Bailey, he quietly hopes that a substantial sentence will be handed down to his arrogant young client. That Julian Trent only receives eight years seems all too lenient. Little does Mason realize that heall be looking Trent in the eyes again much sooner than that. Setting aside his barristeras gown and wig, Mason heads to Sandown racetrack to don his colorful racing silks. As an amateur jockey, he fulfills his true passion by pounding the turf in the heat of a steeplechase. Yet when a fellow rider is brutally murderedaa pitchfork driven through his chestaMasonas racing hobby soon becomes too close to his work. The prime suspect is one of their brethren, champion jockey Steve Mitchell, and the evidence against him seems overwhelming. Mason is reluctant to heed Mitchellas plea for legal helpabut he soon finds himself at the center of a sinister web of violence, threats and intimidation. Mason is left fighting a battle of right and wrong, and more immediately, a battle of life and death his own.
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Название: THE DANGER
Автор: Dick Francis
Издательство: Macmillan Publishers
Год: 2007 Страниц: 416 Формат: DjVu
Размер: 1.00 mb
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
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A beautiful Italian girl driving home in an open top sports car, a little boy playing on a south Coast beach and the Senior Steward of the Jockey Club on his way to a press reception in Baltimore. One after the other they suffer the same nightmare ordeal — kidnapping. But there is one thing connecting these particular cases. For the Italian girl is a jockey and the little boy an only son of a race horse owner. A picture of the person behind this interanational chain of crime starts to emerge — a lover of Verdi, a man with a cool and calculating brain and an aficionado of the racing world. Andrew Doublas, brought in to advise and help the vicitms and their families, proceeds with all his customary diplomacy and courage. Only to find himeself playing a dangerous part: the role usually reserved for his clients...
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Название: UNDER ORDERS
Автор: Dick Francis
Издательство: Macmillan Publishers
Год: 2007 Страниц: 400 Формат: PDF
Размер: 14.00 mb
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
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It’s the third death on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day that really troubles super-sleuth Sid Halley. Former champion jockey Halley knows the perils of racing all too well – but in his day, jockeys didn’t usually reach the finishing line with three 38 rounds in the chest. But this is precisely how he finds jockey Huw Walker – who, only a few hours earlier, had won the coveted Triumph Hurdle. Just moments before the gruesome discovery, Halley had been called upon by Lord Enstone to make discreet enquiries into why his horses appeared to be on a permanent losing streak. Are races being fixed? Are bookies taking a cut? And if so, are trainers and jockeys playing a dangerous game with stakes far higher than they realise? Halley’s quest for answers draws him ever deeper into the darker side of the race game, in a life-or-death power play that will push him to his very limits – both professionally and personally.
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Название: HIGH STAKES
Автор: Dick Francis
Издательство: Penguin Group
Год: 2006 Страниц: 304 Формат: DOC
Размер: 7.60 mb
Жанр: Penguin Group
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Steven Scott may have been a successful, wealthy inventor with no experience in horseracing, but with the inspired guidance of his trainer, Jody Leeds, and the prowess of a beautiful black hurdler named Energise, he has brought home several wins. But his winning streak is about to come to a fast end when he discovers trouble in his own stables — trouble that could bring about his own termination if he doesn’t watch his step…
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Название: IN THE FRAME
Автор: Dick Francis
Издательство: Penguin Group
Год: 2006 Страниц: 304 Формат: DOC
Размер: 7.60 mb
Жанр: Penguin Group
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Charles Todd — a renowned painter of horses — is shocked when he turns up at his cousin Donald’s house for a weekend visit to find his cousin’s young wife dead on the floor — and Donald the police’s prime suspect. Determined to prove Donald’s innocence, Todd trails a set of clues from England to Australia to New Zealand, only to realize that someone is trailing him. Someone with every intention of taking him out of the picture for good…
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Название: KNOCKDOWN
Автор: Dick Francis
Издательство: Penguin Group
Год: 2006 Страниц: 304 Формат: DOC
Размер: 7.60 mb
Жанр: Penguin Group
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For a generous commission, ex-prize-winning jockey Jonah Dereham reluctantly agrees to bid on a young steeplechaser on behalf of a wealthy American woman. But his life is thrust into danger immediately following the auction, when he receives a blow to the head by two thugs demanding ownership of the horse. Unfortunately, that’s just the beginning — and now Jonah must figure out the high-stakes game being played…before he becomes its next casualty.
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Название: BONECRACK
Автор: Dick Francis
Издательство: Penguin Group
Год: 2006 Страниц: 304 Формат: DOC
Размер: 7.60 mb
Жанр: Penguin Group
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Abducted by two men, Neil Griffon discovers that unless he agrees to their unreasonable demands, they will destroy his father's precious horses and racing stable — and, ultimately, Neil himself. Returned to his father's stables, he must find a way to bring down these criminals. Because having to choose between his integrity and his life is no choice at all.
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Название: BREAK IN
Автор: Dick Francis
Издательство: Penguin Group
Год: 2005 Страниц: 320 Формат: PDF
Размер: 11.20 mb
Жанр: Penguin Group
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«Steeplechase jockey Christmas «Kit» Fielding has had more than his share of close calls both on and off the course. But trouble hits close to home when a grudge between his family and his sister's in-laws turns into a blood feud.»
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Название: THE EDGE
Автор: Dick Francis
Издательство: Penguin Group
Год: 2005 Страниц: 368 Формат: DjVu
Размер: 1.00 mb
Жанр: Penguin Group
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A high-class, transcontinental horse-racing junket should be an idyllic getaway for the super-rich. But one passenger on this train is a sociopath, a genius at blackmail and criminal corruption—and he plans to take everyone for everything they've got.
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Название: FOR KICKS
Автор: Dick Francis
Издательство: Penguin Group
Год: 2004 Страниц: 304 Формат: DOC
Размер: 7.60 mb
Жанр: Penguin Group
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Australian horse breeder Daniel Roke had resisted the exorbitant sum of money offered by a suave Englishman to investigate a scandal involving drugged racehorses. But after another investigator dies mysteriously, Roke agrees to fill his shoes--and learns that men who would give drugs to horses are capable of doing much worse to human beings.
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Название: ENQUIRY
Автор: Dick Francis
Издательство: Penguin Group
Год: 2004 Страниц: 272 Формат: PDF (текст изображением)
Размер: 9.52 mb
Жанр: Penguin Group
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A closed-door enquiry has found a jockey guilty of the lowest possible crime--throwing a race for money. His reputation scarred, he's begun his own investigation--but asking the wrong questions just might get him killed.
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Название: TRIAL RUN
Автор: Dick Francis
Издательство: Penguin Group
Год: 2004 Страниц: 272 Формат: PDF (текст изображением)
Размер: 9.52 mb
Жанр: Penguin Group
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Veteran horseman Randall Drew travels to Mosow to help the Russian royal family--but ends up caught in a world of jealousy, sabotage, and murder.
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Название: WILD HORSES
Автор: Dick Francis
Издательство: Penguin Group
Год: 2004 Страниц: 338 Формат: PDF
Размер: 11.83 mb
Жанр: Penguin Group
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The New York Times Bestseller. A New York Times Notable Book. From the acclaimed master of mystery and suspense comes a thrilling novel about the illusion of film — and the reality of murder.
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Название: SLAY RIDE
Автор: Dick Francis
Издательство: Penguin Group
Год: 2004 Страниц: 288 Формат: PDF
Размер: 10.08 mb
Жанр: Penguin Group
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When a champion jockey disappears — right before a big race and the birth of his child — Investigator David Cleveland bets on foul play.
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Название: DEAD CERT
Автор: Dick Francis
Издательство: Penguin Group
Год: 2004 Страниц: 277 Формат: DjVu
Размер: 1.00 mb
Жанр: Penguin Group
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