Francis, Dick

Andrew Douglas, brilliant, insightful, a decent man, and Europe's most successful anti-kidnap operative, must stop Europe's most elusive and cold-blooded kidnapper, known as Guiseppe or Peter.

When a hitchhiker is murdered, ex-jockey Freedie Craft fights to keep his horse racing enterprise and his life.

Widowed wine merchant Tony Beach is drawn into a mystery when a group of hit men crash the soiree he catered.

Collection of thirteen mystery stories about horse racing, with settings ranging from a spring race meeting at Cheltenham, England, to the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

John, a travel guide writer, out of necessity begins writing the biography of a racehorse trainer and encounters unforeseen dangers.

While Ned is at the Royal Ascot horse-race, a man steps from the crowd claiming to be his father, whom Ned thought was dead. Later in the parking lot, Ned's alleged father is found badly wounded from a stabbing from a thug demanding money and his father warns Ned to be careful. Ned learns that his father was the prime suspect in his mother's murder and that his stabbing may be linked to some horse-racing fraud. Ned now races to find out about his father's history before it costs him his life.

When three corpses turn up on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day, including a jockey who had earlier in the day won the Triumph Hurdle, ex-jockey-turned-sleuth Sid Halley investigates a possible link to Lord Enstone's mysterious losing streak.

Architect Lee Morris becomes involved with the Stratton Park racecource and becomes a major player in a dangerous game.

Sid Halley, jockey turned investigator, is despised after he uncovers evidence that puts a beloved sports hero on trial.

Foreign Office British diplomat, Peter Darwin uses all of his skills to solve a veterinary surgeon's race-horse nightmare.