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4) 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...
5) 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...
8) 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.
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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"--
11) Seabiscuit
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Based on a true story. A half-blind ex-prizefighter and mustang breaker team up with a millionaire and his rough-hewn, undersized horse, Seabiscuit. The men bring Seabiscuit to incredible heights, helping to turn a long shot into a legend. Eventually, Seabiscuit earns Horse of the Year honors in 1938.
Based on a true story. A half-blinded ex-prizefighter and mustang breaker team up with a millionaire and his rough-hewn undersized horse, Seabiscuit....
12) Rise of the wolf
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Swept up by the Praetor War after escaping slavery in the mines outside of Rome, Nic is targeted by enemies who take his mother captive in order to force him to help them obtain a powerful amulet that could destroy the Roman empire.
13) The Black Ascot
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An unexpected tip leads inspector Ian Rutledge on the trail of Alan Barrington, the suspect in the murder during the 1910 royal horserace honoring the late King Edward VII.
14) On swift horses
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"Muriel is newly married and restless, transplanted from her rural Kansas hometown to life in a dusty bungalow in San Diego. The air is rich with the tang of salt and citrus, but the limits of her new life seem to be closing in: She misses her freethinking mother, dead before Muriel's nineteenth birthday, and her sly, itinerant brother-in-law, Julius, who made the world feel bigger than she had imagined. And so she begins slipping off to the Del Mar...
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