A reclusive painter, living in a bothy in Scotland, is beaten by a group of strangers and left for dead shortly after learning of the death of his stepfather. They are seeking something to do with his dead stepfather, but he knows nothing.
A classic mystery from Dick Francis, the champion of English storytellers. At midnight Neil Griffon's home is broken into and he is abducted by masked men. When he wakes up, hours later, Neil discovers that 'unless he cooperates' his kidnappers will destroy his father's racing stable, his precious horses and even Neil himself. Returning to the stables, Neil can tell no one about his ordeal, or his kidnappers' threats of violence if he does not comply with their demands. Trapped, Neil refuses to surrender - and devises an ingenious scheme to beat his kidnappers at their own game.
Halley is looking into a nobleman's permanent losing streak when he discovers a murdered jockey.
A surefire computerized betting system draws desperate men who will do anything to gain control of it.
Een jonge bankier tracht zijn cliënt, een paardenfokker, te helpen wanneer in diens stoeterij twee moorden worden gepleegd.
Een jockey komt de eigenares van zijn paarden te hulp als haar echtgenoot onder druk wordt gezet.
In Noorwegen wordt een Engelse jockey vermoord; een industrieel blijkt er iets mee te maken te hebben.
