Dick Francis

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

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

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....

Racing may have its rewards, but as Scott finds out not all of them are innocent, or legal....

Gene Hawkins, investigator by trade, was expert at arranging events so that they appeared accidental to all involved....

When he wakes in a pitch-black room with his hands bound....

John Kendall knows how to survive. He's written six handbooks on the subject. Now he wants to become a novelist, preferably without starving to death....

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

Ned Talbot has worked all his life as a bookmaker - taking over the family business from his grandfather - so he knows not to expect any sympathy from the punters....

Free choice? There's no such thing, according to Lee Morris....

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....

When Kit Fielding, champion steeplechase jockey, finds out that his chief patron, Princess Casilia, is facing an increasingly serious threat....

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....

On a sudden impulse, Henry Grey throws in his respectable desk job to join a firm that transports racehorses all over the world.

At an annual party to celebrate the success of the racing season, everything seemed to be running well to form. Then a runaway horsebox ploughed into the marquee....

Sid Halley had one good hand and another made of metal....

Ty was accustomed to hot water, but from the day a Fleet Street colleague died after give him some serious advice, he found himself wading deep into more danger than he expected....

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