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1) Break in
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Slurs in a gossip column jeopardize the business of Holly and Bobby Allardeck. Holly's twin brother, steeplechase jockey Kit Fielding, searches for the person behind the plot.
2) Silks
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Defense lawyer Geoffrey Mason hopes that a substantial sentence will be handed down to his arrogant client. That Julian Trent receives only eight years seems too lenient. Then Trent is released in a matter of weeks. Mason's true passion is the steeplechase, and he competes as an amateur jockey. When a fellow rider is murdered, Mason's racing hobby becomes too close to his work. The prime suspect is champion jockey Steve Mitchell. Mason is reluctant...
3) Dead heat
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Hard on the heels of the triumph Under Orders comes Dead Heat, set against the backdrop of Britain’s famed 2,000 Guineas stakes.
Max Moreton is a rising culinary star, and his Newmarket restaurant, the Hay Net, has brought him great acclaim and a widening circle of admirers. But when nearly all the guests who enjoyed one of his meals at a private catered affair fall victim to severe food poisoning, his kitchen is...
Max Moreton is a rising culinary star, and his Newmarket restaurant, the Hay Net, has brought him great acclaim and a widening circle of admirers. But when nearly all the guests who enjoyed one of his meals at a private catered affair fall victim to severe food poisoning, his kitchen is...
4) Front runner
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"In his role as an undercover investigator for the British Horseracing Authority, Jeff Hinkley is approached by a multi-time champion jockey to discuss the delicate matter of losing races on purpose. Little does he know that the call will set off a lethal chain of events, including the apparent suicide of the jockey and an attempt on Hinkley's own life. Never one to leave suspicious events alone, Hinkley begins investigating the jockey and the races...
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Suspecting a fixed race when his successful jockey sister comes in third in a competition she could have won, television presenter Mark Shillingford has an explosive argument with his sister and is shocked when she dies in an apparent suicide hours later.
"A Dick Francis novel from the author of Dick Francis's GAMBLE"--
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Evelyn E. Smith (1922-2000) was an American writer of science fiction and mysteries, as well as a compiler of crossword puzzles.
During the 1950s, under her own name, Smith regularly published short stories and novelettes in such publications as Galaxy Science Fiction, Fantastic Universe, and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Her short fiction ranges from satires set in a post-apocalyptic setting such as "The Last of the Spode"
...7) The Hated
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After space, there was always one more river to cross ... the far side of hatred and murder!
8) Joy Ride
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Men or machines—something had to give—though not necessarily one or the other. Why not both?
9) Forever
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Of all the irksome, frustrating, maddening discoveries—was there no way of keeping it discovered?
10) Teething Ring
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Anyone can make an error, but the higher the society... the more disastrous the mistake!
12) Pastoral Affair
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No wonder Stefanik meant to fight to the last—he wasn't going to turn his kids over to an old goat like Glinka!