Bücher von Felix Francis

A thriller that races from the very first page, Hands Down is about one man's search for the truth and how far he will go to find it . . .

Dave Swinton ist mehrfacher Champion-Jockey und hat ein delikates Geheimnis: Er wird erpresst, Rennen absichtlich zu verlieren. Als er seinen Fehltritt ausgerechnet Jeff Hinkley gesteht, setzt sich eine tödliche Spirale in Gang, der Hinkley nur knapp, Swinton jedoch nicht entkommt. Von Selbstmord, an den die Polizei glaubt, will Hinkley nichts wissen und tritt entschlossen gegen einen scheinbar übermächtigen Gegner an: die Millionen und die Skrupellosigkeit der Schwerreichen.

Als Privatdetektiv hatte Sid Halley jahrelang erfolgreich Fälle im Rennbahnmilieu gelöst. Er war verfolgt, verprügelt und angeschossen worden. Er dachte, er hätte all das hinter sich. Er lag falsch. Seiner Familie zuliebe hatte Sid Halley das gefährliche und unwägbare Leben als Ermittler aufgegeben. Und nichts in der Welt würde daran etwas ändern können. Bis man ihm ein Ultimatum stellt, das er nicht ablehnen kann.

Mark Shillingford ist verzweifelt, als seine Zwillingsschwester Clare nach einem absichtlich verlorenen Pferderennen vom Balkon ihres Londoner Hotels stürzt. An Selbstmord will er nicht glauben und beginnt, auf eigene Faust nachzuforschen. Offensichtlich hatte Clare mehr zu verbergen als nur ein paar unlautere Wetten.

New York Times bestselling author Felix Francis continues his father's legacy of suspense-driven fiction with Dick Francis's Damage...Undercover investigator Jeff Hinkley is assigned by the British Horseracing Authority to look into the activities of a suspicious racehorse trainer, but as he's tailing his quarry, Jeff bears witness to a bloody murder. Could it have something to do with the reason the trainer was banned in the first place—the administration of illegal drugs to his horses?Soon it's discovered that many more horses have tested positive for stimulants—and an unknown person starts making demands, threatening to completely destroy the integrity of the racing industry. To protect the sport itself, Jeff must uncover the perpetrator. But he's up against someone who will stop at nothing to prevail.

Online-Poker in Amerika, Subventionsbetrug in Brüssel und Millionendeals in der Londoner Finanzwelt - Ex-Jockey und Finanzberater Nicholas Foxton muss alles geben, um bei diesem Spiel nicht der Verlierer zu sein ...

The Francis brand of thrillers is about to be updated and expanded for a new generation!

The Francis brand of thrillers is about to be updated and expanded for a new generation!

Crossfire is the new thriller from father son team Dick Francis and Felix Francis. Captain Thomas Forsyth's tour of Afghanistan is cut brutally short when he is badly wounded by a roadside bomb. Returning home, to his mother - a racehorse trainer and the 'First Lady' of racing - Tom discovers the training business is on the edge, and facing a threat far more dangerous than a run of bad form. Tom finds himself on a very different, but just as deadly, battlefield where his military skills are tested . . . kill or be killed?From Felix Francis and Dick Francis, the bestselling co-authors of Dead Heat and Even Money comes Crossfire, the latest Dick Francis novel. Packed with all the hair-raising suspense and excitement readers know and love from Dick Francis, Crossfire is the most dazzling yet. Praise for the Dick Francis novels:'The Francis flair is clear for all to see' Daily Mail'Spare, efficient and unflashy . . . inexorably draws you in' Daily Telegraph'The master of suspense and intrigue' Country Life'Still the master' Racing PostDick Francis was one of the most successful post-war National Hunt jockeys. On his retirement from the saddle, he published his autobiography, The Sport of Queens, before going on to write forty-three bestselling novels, a volume of short stories and the biography of Lester Piggott. Dick Francis died in February, 2010, at the age of 89, but he remains one of the greatest thriller writers of all time.Felix Francis is the younger of Dick's two sons. Since 2006, Felix has taken a more significant role in the writing, first with Dead Heat and then increasingly with the bestsellers, Silks and Even Money. Crossfire is the fourth novel of this father-and-son collaboration.