Wendell Jaffe has been dead for five years--until his former insurance agent spots him in a dusty resort bar. Now California Fidelity wants Kinsey Millhone to track down the dead man. V angličtině.
His 30th novel, displays Francis's trademarks: seamless plotting, believable characters, suspense and a bang-on horse-racing setting, in this case featuring a veterinary surgeon plagued by a series of mysterious equine deaths. Anglicky.
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.
Beloved series character Sid Halley, a champion jockey, makes a welcome return in the latest fast-paced crime novel from bestseller Francis (Come to Grief).
Max Moreton is a rising culinary star—until his guests fall victim to severe food poisoning—and then a bomb blast rips through the luncheon he’s catering. Two close calls are too close for comfort, and Max vows to protect his name, before it’s too late.
Crime, high finance and journalism - all are interconnected in this early thriller by Ken Follett. In one suspenseful, action-packed day, fortunes change hands as the Evening Post's ambitious young reporter scrambles to crack the story.
Based on the success of the original edition, The Business 2.0 continues to offer Business English students the confidence, language and fundamentals skills they need to succeed in the competitive international business environment.
When amateur jockey Lord Henry Grey launches himself into a career in the bloodstock market, he finds more danger than he'd anticipated. Henry immediately takes to his new world. That is, until a horse mysteriously dies in transit and a colleague vanishes.
