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Скачать книгу (размер 1 916 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 377) Аннотация: The Dick Francis Collection Three intriguing racetrack mysteries Former champion jockey Dick Francis invented his own genre of mystery-thriller when an accident cut short his riding career. No longer able to perform at the track, he began writing about it, using jockeys and other track types to show what went on behind the scenes, where murder and mystery were as prevalent as horses and hay.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: 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…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 324) Аннотация: «New York Times» bestselling Grand Master of Crime Fiction Foreign Office diplomat Peter Darwin uncovers a peculiar operation involving a veterinary surgeon and the unexplained deaths of several valuable racehorses.»

Скачать книгу (размер 1 875 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 369) Аннотация: Sid knows the perils of racing all too well, but in his day jockeys didn't usually cross the finish line with three. 38 rounds in the chest-which is how he found Huw Walker, the winner of a coveted race only a few hours earlier. Now Halley's quest for answers will push him to his very limits-both on and off the track.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 478 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 291) Аннотация: In Francis's best thriller (Evening Standard), a movie star must give the performance of his life when he crosses paths with killers while investigating race-horse tampering in South Africa.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 585 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 312) Аннотация: From the best writer in the mystery genre (Larry King) comes the story of a jockey who discovers that his losing streak is caused by something sinister.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 292) Аннотация: Sid Halley's glory days as a jockey are over, but he still finds a certain satisfaction in successfully solving a case. His latest one, though, could prove to be his undoing.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Gene Hawkins takes on the job of locating a missing priceless breeding stallion. But he gets more action than he bargained for from a group of horse thieves who want to put Hawkins out to pasture — permanently.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 325 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 261) Аннотация: When a hurricane-chasing plane is downed on a Caribbean island, TV meteorologist Perry Stuart barely escapes with his life. But he can't escape what he saw on the island — and if the people who've tracked him back to England have their way, Stuart will have a zero percent chance of survival.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 503 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 296) Аннотация: Longtime jockey Philip Nore suspects that a racetrack photographer's fatal accident was really murder — and unravels some nasty secrets of corruption, blackmail, and murder.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: After his friend is killed in a horse-racing accident, up-and-coming glass artisan Gerard Logan finds himself embroiled in a deadly search for a stolen videotape — a videotape that just might destroy his own life.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: At twenty to midnight Neil Griffon's home is broken into and he is roughly abducted by masked men. He has no idea who they are, or what they want. But when Neil wakes up, hours later, he quickly discovers that unless he cooperates his kidnappers will destroy his father's precious horses, racing stable and ultimately Neil himself. Returned to take charge of the stables, Neil can tell no-one about…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Wine merchant Tony Beach has expertly catered his latest society soiree, but the fun's over when a team of hit men crash the party... literally. The event leaves Tony with a bitter aftertaste of suspicion — and sets off a mystery that's an intoxicating blend of deception, intrigue, and murder.