Dick Francis

Amazing what bodily injury could do for a man. A fall from a racehorse had left brilliant jockey Sid Halley dangerously depressed, with a wrecked hand and the need for a new career....

When jockey Martin Stukely dies following a fall in a steeplechase at Cheltenham races, he accidentally embroils his friend Gerard Logan in a perilous search for a stolen videotape....

Captain Thomas Forsyth’s second tour of Afghanistan is cut brutally short when he’s badly wounded by a roadside bomb....

Hired to fly four racing buffs to the track, pilot Matt Shore expects it will be the kind of job he likes: quick and easy....

Fast-paced radio dramatisations of six of Dick Francis's classic racing thrillers, plus bonus documentary....

Tim Ekaterin's merchant bank, like all banks, only invests in sure things....

When defence barrister Geoffrey Mason hears the judge’s verdict, he quietly hopes that a long and arduous custodial sentence will be handed down to his arrogant young client....

In a world of high stakes and tremendous risks, where villains will stop at nothing to achieve their ends, Dick Francis weaves his compelling narrative with the control of a master craftsman....

Alexander's peace is violently shattered when he returns home to find a group of strangers waiting for him....

Perry Stuart is a TV meteorologist who routinely works before the cameras....

Steven Scott is relatively new to horses. A successful, wealthy inventor, he takes up horse racing as a hobby...

To the Jockey Club, the racing world would be a better place without Julius Apollo Filmer....

With 1.5 million pounds in diamonds gone missing, honesty can be a deadly virtue....

When English agent Gene Hawkins told his boss he'd forego his vacation to search for millionaire...

Liberty Market Ltd is a firm that provides a very specialized service. To people at risk, they advise on how best not to be kidnapped....

Peter Darwin was hoping for some quiet leave from the Foreign Office....

Malcolm Pembroke never expected to make a million pounds without making enemies....

It's the third death on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day that really troubles Sid Halley....

A mysterious entity, "Alyosha", is threatening a royally-connected candidate for the Moscow Olympic Games; the candidate may be vulnerable to scandal which could set off diplomatic conflicts....

With Field of 13, Dick Francis turns his hand to the short story. The settings range from the national Hunt at Cheltenham to the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs....