Crime & mystery
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Crime & mystery
Paperback. Physics teacher (and crack shot) Jonathan Derry is given some tapes to look after by a friend. They're not your usual tapes: they hold a computer programme which functions as a bookie-breaking betting system. Series: Francis Thriller. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405916929
- ISBN
- 9781405916929
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Condition: New
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Paperback. One-handed ex-jockey Sid Halley works as a private detective, using his racing knowledge to solve crimes that baffle the police. In Whip Hand, Sid is asked to investigate possible doping of the horses of thoroughbred trainer George Casper - whose once-successful mounts have been failing spectacularly on the race track. Series: Francis Thriller. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FHD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405916776
- ISBN
- 9781405916776
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Paperback. Amateur jockey Lord Henry Grey decides on a whim to join the bloodstock market, transporting racehorses around the world. And when he meets the glamorous Gabriella in Italy, he is sure he's hit the good life. That is, until a horse unexpectedly dies in transit and a colleague vanishes. Series: Francis Thriller. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405916684
- ISBN
- 9781405916684
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Condition: New
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Paperback. As an amateur jockey, Roland Britten was lucky, and as an accountant he was rigorous. He knew he was on the hate list of several fraudsters, but never thought pen-pushers got kidnapped. And not from a racecourse right after beating the odds to win the Cup. Held prisoner, Britten has no idea who his kidnappers are nor why they have abducted him. Series: Francis Thriller. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 196 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405916745
- ISBN
- 9781405916745
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Just after learning that his stepfather is gravely ill, artist Al Kinloch, returning to his remote home in the Scottish Highlands, is attacked by four men. They ask one question - 'where is it?' - then leave him for dead. Baffled and hurt, Al visits his stepfather and learns millions of pounds are missing and a valuable racehorse is under threat. Series: Francis Thriller. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405916844
- ISBN
- 9781405916844
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Life as a writer is colder, hungrier work than John Kendall had bargained for. Not even the survival guides he's written can help him. So when notorious racehorse trainer Tremayne Vickers approaches Kendall to write his biography, it's an offer the impoverished writer can't turn down. Series: Francis Thriller. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 32. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405916707
- ISBN
- 9781405916707
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Condition: New
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Paperback. A fine reading copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Main Market
- Publisher
- Pan Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- SKU
- KRS0017056
- ISBN
- 9780330319584
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
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Paperback. Well-read paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Pan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprints
- SKU
- KRF0022153
- ISBN
- 9780330329514
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
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Paperback. Jockey Kit Fielding's patron, Princess Casilia, is in trouble. Her invalid husband is being threatened by a ruthless business partner who wants to use the firm to manufacture arms. At the same time, some of the Princess' best horses are being killed - shot by a bolt. The only person the Princess can turn to is Kit - but he has problems of his own. Series: Francis Thriller. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405916714
- ISBN
- 9781405916714
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Condition: New
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Paperback. 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. Series: Francis Thriller. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405916790
- ISBN
- 9781405916790
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Alan York's friend, jockey Bill Davidson, was killed in Admiral's fall. After the race, York visits the fence and discovers a coil of wire lying beside the fence post and signs of where the wire had been attached. The fall was no accident - but murder. Series: Francis Thriller. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405916646
- ISBN
- 9781405916646
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Malcolm Pembroke didn't get rich without making a few enemies - not least among the five wives and nine children left like wreckage in his wake. But when Moira, his fifth wife, is murdered and Malcolm believes that someone is out to get him, he knows of only one person he can turn to: his estranged son, Ian. Series: Francis Thriller. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 29. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405916882
- ISBN
- 9781405916882
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Gerard Logan witnesses the death of his close friend, jockey Martin Stukely, after a fall from his horse. In the aftermath, Gerard is left to pick up the pieces - including a mysterious unmarked videotape that Martin secretly left him. But before Gerard gets to watch it, the videotape is stolen. Series: Francis Thriller. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405916622
- ISBN
- 9781405916622
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Rob Finn's winning streak made him one of the most sought-after steeplechase jockeys. But his subsequent collapse in form surprised no one more than himself. As word spreads that Finn has lost his nerve, he discovers a well-managed campaign to discredit certain jockeys; in his own case, a plan assisted by horse doping. Series: Francis Thriller. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405916660
- ISBN
- 9781405916660
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Jockey and amateur photographer Philip Nore knows all too well how it feels to take a tumble from a horse. He also knows what it's like to feel the wrath of furious owners and trainers. You can't always be a winner. George Millace hated winners. As a photographer he specialized in taking pictures that exposed the failings of riders. Series: Francis Thriller. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405916721
- ISBN
- 9781405916721
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Charles Todd, a successful artist who paints horses, arrives at his cousin Donald's house and stumbles on a grisly scene: police cars everywhere, his cousin arrested for murder and Donald's wife brutally slain. Series: Francis Thriller. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405916806
- ISBN
- 9781405916806
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Sid Halley, ex-champion jockey turned investigator, is facing his toughest test. A number of horses have been brutally mutilated, horrifying their owners and the general public. Even Sid's friend, broadcaster Ellis Quint, has been moved to make a shocking programme about it. Series: Francis Thriller. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405916691
- ISBN
- 9781405916691
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Champion jockey Sid Halley retired from racing when his hand was smashed in a fall. Now he works as a private detective - which is proving to be no less dangerous to life and limb. Series: Francis Thriller. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405916905
- ISBN
- 9781405916905
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Condition: New
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Paperback. David Cleveland - an investigator for the Jockey Club - is sitting in a dinghy in a pleasant little fjord in Norway. He's here to help the Norwegians find out why Bob Sherman, a visiting English rider, has done a runner with the racehorse takings. He thinks it'll be a straightforward job, and he'll get to spend some time with old friends. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405916752
- ISBN
- 9781405916752
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Seventeen-year-old Benedict Juliard's ambitions of becoming a steeplechase jockey are dashed when he's falsely accused of taking drugs. For his estranged father, however, this is an opportunity. Series: Francis Thriller. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405916851
- ISBN
- 9781405916851
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Condition: New
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Paperback. When Kelly Hughes rides the favourite into second place, he gets penalized for his trouble. Not only has he lost the race, but also his licence, as the Jockey Club suspends him - believing he threw the race. Only he knows that the problem lay with the horse's performance, not his own. Series: Francis Thriller. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405916653
- ISBN
- 9781405916653
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Wine merchant Tony Beach will do anything for a quiet life. But when a party to celebrate the end of the racing season ends in eight violent deaths, he is drawn reluctantly into the subsequent investigation. Meanwhile, the police, having evidence of the sale of illicit alcohol at a local club, ask for Tony's help in closing it down. Series: Francis Thriller. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 26. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781405916639
- ISBN
- 9781405916639
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 106 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062286864
- ISBN
- 9780062286864
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Condition: New
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Paperback. The second page-turning thriller from the creator of Law & Order starring NYPD Special Agent Jeremy Fisk. Series: NYPD Special Agent Jeremy Fisk. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751551167
- ISBN
- 9780751551167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
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