John Francome Books

Dark Horse John Francome

Archie Best has two passions: making money from his antique picture business and winning the Amateur Riders' Championship. But when his horse is kidnapped and an old friend dies mysteriously, Archie discovers the extent of the web of corruption. From the author of Stone Cold.

A champion jockey's life is in danger when he begins to remember what happened to him the night of a deadly car accident.

Already a leading jockey in his home country, Jake Felton comes to England to further his career and avoid confrontation with New York's racing mafia. But his plans to combine the life of an English squire with that of a top-flight jockey look like coming to a sticky end when he falls victim to a series of accidents that begin to seem all too deliberate. Aided and abetted by typical English rose Camilla Fielding, Jake discovers that he's been targeted by a ruthless and professional killer. And now he urgently needs to find out why...

A NEW SERIES. A NEW KIND OF HERO. A THRILLING NEW BESTSELLER.

You can run. You can hide. But there is only one person who can keep you Safe From Harm. A NEW SERIES. A NEW KIND OF HERO. A NEW BESTSELLER.

Ex-jockey Rob Harding has a beautiful wife, a successful new career running a stud, and a winning stallion, Goldeneye. But when Ivana, a stable girl, is killed mucking out Goldeneye's stall, it looks as though Rob's luck is running out.

Bad blood - it's all in the breeding.When twelve-year-old David Tredington vanished, his father, one of England’s top breeders, vowed never to give up the search for his son. Now, fifteen years later, David has been found alive and well in County Mayo.When the charismatic young man returns to the family’s Devonshire estate, he receives a mixed welcome. His elder sister, Lucy, distrusts him from the start. Jason, David’s brother-in-law and David’s cousin, George, are even less pleased to see another heir to the Tredington fortune. But David’s natural skills as a jockey soon attract favourable attention in the steeple-chasing world.Then a terrifying accident leads to an innocent stable lad’s death, and David suspects that his own life is in danger. Someone knows the truth about his past and wants him to disappear all over again. David must find out who and why before it’s too late…

It’s every punter’s dream to beat the bookmakers and Toby Brown is doing it regularly. The son of a top trainer, Toby has a telephone tipping service that is slowly bringing the old enemy to its knees. A plea from the bookmakers prompts a Jockey Club investigation which uncovers a plot of murder and jealousy where the stakes being played for mean more than just money - and where one horse, Better By Far, lives up to its name.