Felix Francis

Dark Horse follows the story of Imogen Duffy, a young Irish jockey whose fledgling career receives a monumental boost when she wins a prestigious horse race at the Cheltenham Steeplechasing Festival. However, her personal life is far from perfect. She has a violent and controlling boyfriend, also a jockey, who becomes increasingly jealous of her success. Imogen attempts to end...

Syndicate by Felix Francis tells the gripping story of Chester Newton, a successful racehorse syndicate organiser. His company, Victrix Racing, is enjoying its best year yet. When Chester's prized horse, Potassium, wins the world-famous Epsom Derby, he seems destined to become the next big thing in British horse racing. However, everything changes with one phone call. Someone, hidden behind a...

THRILLERS THAT RACE FROM THE VERY FIRST PAGE . . . Felix Francis' novels gallop along splendidly' Jilly Cooper ‘From winning post to top of the bestseller lists’ Sunday Times An old friend in need, a dangerous conspiracy – a new case for Sid Halley… Sid Halley, former British jump racing champion and private detective, is not having a good...

THRILLERS THAT RACE FROM THE VERY FIRST PAGE . . . Felix Francis' novels gallop along splendidly – Jilly Cooper ‘From winning post to top of the bestseller lists’ – Sunday Times An old friend in need, a dangerous conspiracy – a new case for Sid Halley… Sid Halley, former British jump racing champion and private detective, is not having...

No Reserve follows Theo Jennings, a young auctioneer at the Thoroughbred sales ring in Newmarket. The October yearling sales are where vast sums change hands in frenzied auctions: millions of Guineas paid for horses that are as yet unnamed, untested, and have never taken a step on the track. It's the greatest gamble in all of horseracing, and one that...

THRILLERS THAT RACE FROM THE VERY FIRST PAGE . . . 'Felix Francis' novels gallop along splendidly' Jilly Cooper ‘From winning post to top of the bestseller lists’ Sunday Times Iced features Miles Pussett, a former steeplechase jockey. Now he gets his adrenaline rush from riding down the Cresta Run, a three-quarter-mile Swiss ice chute, head first, reaching speeds of...

WHEN YOU'RE AT THE TOP OF YOUR GAME, ONE PHONE CALL CAN BRING IT ALL CRASHING DOWN . . . THE BRAND NEW NOVEL FROM THE MASTER OF THE RACING THRILLER. ______________________ Chester Newton is a successful racehorse syndicate organiser and his company, Victrix Racing, is having its best year yet. When his prized horse, Potassium, wins the world-famous Epsom...

No Reserve by Felix Francis follows Theo Jennings, a young auctioneer at the Thoroughbred sales ring in Newmarket. The October yearling sales are where big money exchanges hands in frenzied auctions: millions of Guineas paid for horses that are as yet unnamed, untested, and have never taken a step on the track. It's the greatest gamble in all of horseracing,...

WHEN YOU'RE AT THE TOP OF YOUR GAME, ONE PHONE CALL CAN BRING IT ALL CRASHING DOWN . . . THE BRAND NEW 2024 NOVEL FROM THE MASTER OF THE RACING THRILLER. Chester Newton is a successful racehorse syndicate organiser, and his company, Victrix Racing, is having its best year yet. When his prized horse, Potassium, wins the world-famous Epsom...

Refusal is the third Dick Francis novel from Felix Francis, author of the Top 10 bestsellers Bloodline and Gamble. When Sir Richard Stewart, the racing authority chairman, demands Sid Halley investigate suspicious race results, he receives a firm no. Halley retired years ago, swearing he'd never go back. But then Sir Richard is found dead and Halley receives a threatening...

Thrillers that race from the very first page 'Felix Francis' novels gallop along splendidly' - Jilly Cooper ‘From winning post to top of the bestseller lists’ Sunday Times It is said that everyone over a certain age can remember distinctly what they were doing when they heard that President Kennedy had been assassinated, or that Princess Diana had been killed...

WITH THE STAKES SO HIGH, RACING CAN BE A DEADLY BUSINESS Chris Rankin is a doctor, a specialist in Emergency Medicine at Cheltenham Hospital, but a doctor who also has health problems. 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...