Francis, Dick.
Summary: The accidental death of jockey Martin Stukely implicates his friend Gerard Logan, a glassblower, in a dangerous search for a missing videotape.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2000
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Summary: "Sid Halley, a private investigator, has a new left hand, having had a transplant since his last appearance in Refusal. After receiving death threats, an ex-jockey trainer friend calls Sid to ask for his help, but Sid has his own problems to deal with; like recovering from surgery and saving his crumbling marriage. When his friend's stable yard is torched, horses killed, and the friend is found...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2022
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Summary: With his rising culinary career threatened by an episode of food poisoning at a private affair that he had catered, Max Moreton caters an exclusive luncheon at the Two Thousand Guineas horse race, a party devastated by a bomb blast that kills many of theguests.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2007
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Summary: Retired investigator Sid Halley is lured back into the game exploring alleged race-fixing after the suspicious death of the chairman of the racing authority.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2013
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Summary: When Miles Pussett discovers something suspicious is going on in the races, something that may have a profound impact on his future, he begins a search for answers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane, an imprint of The Quick Brown Fox and Company LLC 2022
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Summary: A smartly dressed man has been found unconscious at the local racecourse and is rushed to the hospital, where he subsequently dies.But who is he? Where does he come from? He had no form of identification on him, and no one claims the body. Doctor Chris Rankin, a specialist who treated the deceased--and who struggles with mental health issues--is intrigued by the nameless dead man, obsessed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2017
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2000
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Summary: "After receiving death threats, an ex-jockey trainer friend calls private investigator Sid Halley to ask for his help, but Sid has his own problems to deal with. When his friend's stable yard is torched, horses killed, and the friend is found dead, Sid can only blame himself for not helping sooner. The police think it's suicide, but Sid is not convinced after his friend's terrified phone calls....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2023
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Summary: Chester Newton has built his fortune organizing racehorse syndicates, where top horses are co-owned and managed by several parties. These joint enterprises are high risk and high reward--and for Chester, it's almost always been reward. The stakes only get higher as the syndicates grow larger, and every race means the possibility of complete failure--or ecstatic success. After an anxious morning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane Books 2024
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Summary: Harrison Foster is summoned to Newmarket after a fire in the Chadwick Stables kills six very valuable horses. There is far more to the 'simple' fire than initially meets the eye. For one, human remains are found among the equestrian ones. Who is the mystery victim? Harry is thrust unwillingly into the world of thoroughbred racing where the standard of care of the equine stars is far higher than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2006
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Summary: Three friends fall prey to the demands of the Well Witch when they trespass in her wishing well and steal some coins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2007