At 35, Freddie has retired as a jockey and now runs a fleet of motor horseboxes transporting runners from their stables to the races, or brood mares to the stud farms. When a hitch hiker is picked up, Freddie is drawn into a complicated conspiracy.
Set in Norway, this is a thriller in which an English jockey has gone missing and it is written by the former National Hunt Jockey and author of many thrillers.
A story of drama and intrigue set on the sinister side of the international racing circuit. Tor an undercover agent trails Julius Apollo Filmer, a blackmailer and murderer, onto a luxury train carrying several racehorse owners.
Tony is present at the party celebrating the success of the racing season when a runaway horsebox ploughs into the marquee. Witness to the terrible death Tony believes it is a terrible accident until he becomes involved in the investigation.
Virginia is determined to put a bullet through Steve Carella's brain, and she doesn't care if she has to kill all the boys in the 87th Precinct in the process.
"I will kill the lady tonight at 8. What can you do about it?" That's what the letter read. Twelve hours to find a crank or stop a killer. And there would be no second chances for 'The Lady' if the boys of the 87th didn't guess right.
It's up to Lt Col Smith to find the madman who possesses it, before he holds a defenceless world hostage with the power to render the human race extinct.
When the new teacher, Sheba, first arrives, Barbara immediately senses that this woman will be different from the rest of her colleagues. But Barbara is not the only one to feel that Sheba is special...
Publikace mapuje prostřednictvím téměř 700 mnohdy unikátních fotografií a další ikonografie z období let 1874-2009, dřevěné a polodřevěné sakrální stavby v Beskydech a okolí na území České a Polské republiky.
Ben Chase is a war hero with bitter memories. Vietnam left him with a hard drinking habit, a mental breakdown -- and massive guilt. So who will believe him when he swears a psychopath is out to get him?
If you think you've got it tough, meet Christopher Snow, the hero of Dean Koontz's novel Fear Nothing. Fans of Koontz's legendary 1986 novel Watchers will love this book's similar theme.
A science fiction novel. This is an enormously enjoyable book, full of wonderful aliens, a sense of wonder and subtle political commentary on current events.
Dark family secrets and a passionate love affair, full of his trademark warmth, humanity and ingenuity, this is Iain Banks' best novel since THE CROW ROAD.
