Come to Grief
 Amazon.com Review: Dick Francis brings back Sid Halley, champion jockey-turned-PI of his earlier novels Whip Hand and Odds Against, in this troubling story. Ellis Quint has everything he could want: fame, youth, money, good looks, and talent. What Sid [... more]
$7.50
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Rat Race
Lets go to the races: This 1971 entry into the Francis string of thrillers introduces us to Matt Shore, formerly of BOAC and currently an air taxi pilot. His passengers are often involved in the racing world, and through them Matt finds himself involved [... more]
$9.99
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Second Wind
Amazon.com Review: Dick Francis's legion of admirers can relax: his year off from writing since the 1998 publication of Field of Thirteen is over, and a new vigor has entered his style. Longtime readers will be happy to find the customary racetrack [... more]
$24.95
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For Kicks
This is one of my two or three favorite Dick Francis' novels: You have to have read a couple of Dick Francis' novels before you understand the author. In a way he stands alone, for as far as I can tell he has not overtly used other writers styles and no [... more]
$7.99
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Blood Sport
Inspiration for the depressed: I recently finished rereading Blood Sport again--it's either my third or fourth read of the book. I think I've reread only 1 other Francis novel, so clearly this novel speaks to me a great deal. This is because the hero is [... more]
$6.99
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To the Hilt
Amazon.com Review: There's less horseplay in the 35th thriller by former jockey Francis, but as much suspense and pain as ever. Alexander Kinloch is a painter who lives in rural Scotland, and somebody thinks he knows where the jewel-encrusted, solid gold- [... more]
$7.99
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Decider
A Minor Inheritence: Lee Morris restores old buildings to family homes and drags his ever increasing family from shelter to shelter as he works. His sons love the upheaval and adventure, but his wife has little regard for her off-springs once they are [... more]
$7.99
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Win, Place, or Show
Unexpected: I didn't realize that this was an anthology of three stories that I had previously read but I enjoyed re-reading all of them. horseworld: As usual Dick Francis is up to date with his book(s). Whatever the story, it will keep you reading. If [... more]
$14.95
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The Danger
Each book an education: This is one of Dick Francis's best thrillers--but all are good. One of the nicer things about Dick Francis is that each novel is an in-depth education in a particular profession. This one is about kidnapping: its prevention and [... more]
$6.99
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Knockdown
Sale Ring: Kentucky horse country, Keenland Sales where million dollar bids are common pulled this reader into the so-so Dick Francis' thriller, KNOCKDOWN. The behind-the-scenes glimpse of the British sales ring is good as we enjoyed a well paced mystery. [... more]
$6.99
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In the Frame
Francis at his best: Dick Francis has written nearly 40 novels now, and In the Frame is in the top 7 or 8 as far as I'm concerned. The hero actually remains a bit of a cipher, but his friend Jik and his wife are two of Francis's really good characters. [... more]
$6.99
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Risk
Dick Francis is the Master: Dick Francis never disappoints. He never writes the same story twice, though his protagonists all have in common some sort of inner battle. If you don't like to fly and need something to completely absorb your attention, you [... more]
$6.99
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