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Henry Grey doesn't particularly care for having been born the heir to an earldom. He is a reserved young man whose greatest problem is his mother's matchmaking plots and whose greatest joy is to ride as an amateur steeplechase jockey. But on a sudden impulse, he throws in his respectable desk job to join a firm that transports racehorses all over the world. Yardman Transport proves to be Henry's passport to many things, not the least the girl he loves, and a tidy little racket that brings him face to face with death.

Perry Stuart is a TV meteorologist who routinely works before the cameras. His life calm and ordered, his face familiar to every British household, Stuart's profound weather knowledge and accuracy have given him high status among forecasters, but no physical baptism by storm. Not, that is, until a fellow forecaster offers him a Caribbean hurricane-chasing ride in a small aeroplane.

James Tyrone was the troubleshooting gracing correspondent of the Sunday Blaze, a newspaper dedicated to exposing scandals I the noisiest (and most profitable) way. 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.

When a grey-haired man steps forward from the crowd claiming to be his father, Ned's life is thrown into far deeper turmoil. He'd been told since he was a baby that his parents had died in a car crash. Barely an hour later his newly found father is stabbed by an unknown assailant in the Ascot car park. Blood oozing from his abdomen, he warns Ned: 'Be very careful'. But of whom? Of what? Ned finds himself in a race to solve his father's riddles, a race where coming second could cost him more than even money..

Neil Griffon is abducted by two men who demand that he destroy his father's horses and racing stable - or die. Here's a BBC radio full-cast dramatisation of Dick Francis' thriller novel, starring Frances Matthews, Caroline Blakison, and Mark Colleano.

The night before the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket sees the great and the good of the horse-racing community gathered for a prestigious black-tie gala dinner. It is a fitting testament to the glamour of the occasion that celebrity chef and restaurateur Max Moreton is cooking the evening's meal. But the last thing he needs is to hear that his food is suspected of putting 24 of the guests in hospital.

Der ehemalige Jockey und erfolgreiche Romanautor Dick Francis erzählt zwei spannende Geschichten aus der Welt des Pferdesports. Der Pferdeverkäufer Sandy Nutbridge wird fälschlicherweise angeklagt, Steuern hinterzogen zu haben, und er hat einen unsauberen Anwalt an seiner Seite...

Gleich drei Tote sind am Cheltenham Gold Cup Day zu beklagen. Ein Zuschauer, ein Pferd und ein Jockey. Das Publikum ist entsetzt, und Sid Halley hat wieder einen Job. Denn Jockey Huw Walker erreicht die Ziellinie seines Lebens mit mehreren Kugeln in der Brust...

No jockey likes being labelled a cheat. Least of all by a Stewards' Enquiry. Kelly Hughes career looks doomed. He knows he's been framed, but finding the reason could prove dangerous. Especially with a killer on his tail... Hughes' own enquiry uncovers dynamite that could blow the racing world to smithereens. Only a few powerful - and violent - men know the sordid secret. And they'll go to extraordinary lengths to keep it that way. Murder is just one option...

Efter endnu et succesfuldt hestevæddeløb bliver Kit Fielding opsøgt af sin tvillingesøster, hvis mand er i problemer. En avis udgiver historier, der muligvis kan tvinge hans forretning til at lukke. Kit må lægge sine personlige problemer med søsterens mand til side og indvilliger i at hjælpe med at opklare mysteriet. En opgave, der bestemt ikke bliver ufarlig. Dick Francis (1920-2010) var en britisk forfatter og jockey. Efter sin succesfulde karriere i hestevæddeløb og -træning dedikerede han sig til fiktionen og skrev sammen med sin kone utallige spændingsromaner i eget navn.

Jocekyen Kit Fieldings sponsor er i problemer. Flere af hendes heste bliver koldblodigt slået ihjel, mens hendes mand bliver afpresset af en hensynsløs forretningspartner. Kit påtager sig at løse sagen, selvom hans eget privatliv hænger i en tynd tråd. Dick Francis (1920-2010) var en britisk forfatter og jockey. Efter sin succesfulde karriere i hestevæddeløb og -træning dedikerede han sig til fiktionen og skrev sammen med sin kone utallige spændingsromaner i eget navn. Alle hans bøger drejer sig på den ene eller anden måde om personer i jockeybranchen.