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1) Hands down
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Dick Francis novels volume 11
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"Sid Halley, a private investigator, has a new left hand, having had a transplant since his last appearance in Refusal. After receiving death threats, an ex-jockey trainer friend calls Sid to ask for his help, but Sid has his own problems to deal with; like recovering from surgery and saving his crumbling marriage. When his friend's stable yard is torched, horses killed, and the friend is found dead, Sid can only blame himself for not helping sooner....
2) Odds against
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Sid Halley novels volume 1
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From the New York Times–bestselling "master of crime fiction and equine thrills," a jockey turned investigator tackles crime in the horse racing world (Newsday).
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
A hard fall took hotshot jockey Sid Halley out of the horse racing game, leaving him with a crippled hand, a broken heart, and the desperate need for a new...
3) Whip hand
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Sid Halley novels volume 2
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From a New York Times–bestselling author, a "solid winner in just about any mystery/adventure race" featuring a private eye targeting racetrack corruption (Kirkus Reviews).
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
Sid Halley's career as a jockey-and his marriage-were brought to a sudden end by a heartbreaking accident. His glory days are over, but now, as a...
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Sid Halley novels volume 3
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By lopping off one of their feet, someone is maiming two-year-old colts, the cream of the future racing crop. When Sid Halley, jockey turned investigator, uncovers the fiend and implicates a pillar of the horse breeding community, the repercussions are horrible.
5) Under orders
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Sid Halley novels volume 4
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Sadly, death at the races is not uncommon. However, three in a single afternoon was sufficiently unusual to raise more than one eyebrow." It's the third death on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day that really troubles super-sleuth Sid Halley. Former champion jockey Halley knows the perils of racing all too well, but in his day, jockeys didn't usually reach the finishing line with three .38 rounds in the chest. But this is precisely how he finds jockey Huw Walker...
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