2011: #5 – Bolt (Dick Francis)

Book #5 was Bolt by Dick Francis.  The back of the book reads: Kit Fielding will do whatever it takes to stop the killing of racehorses. Not an easy task considering that the woman he adores is leaving him, an international arms dealer is threatening him, and Kit’s nemesis has plans to knock him off the track–and plant him under it. I am always pleased

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2010: #79 – Banker (Dick Francis)

When young investment banker Tim Ekaterin becomes involved in the cutthroat world of thoroughbred racing, he finds his life in business blown to smithereens. For suddenly the multimillion-dollar loan he arranges to finance the purchase of a champion racehorse is threatened by an apparent defect in the animal. Then, as Tim desperately searches for answers, he falls headlong into a deadly deal of violence and murder.

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2008: #59 – Driving Force (Dick Francis)

Book #59 was Driving Force by Dick Francis.  The back of the book reads: Transporting racehorses to the course is big business for ex-jockey Freddie Croft. But when a driver breaks a cardinal rule and picks up a hitchhiker, the results are fatal…for the hitchhiker. Freddie knows that a corpse is bad for business, especially when its trail leads to corpse number two — and

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2007: #65 – Blood Sport (Dick Francis)

Book #65 was Blood Sport by Dick Francis. The back of the book reads: Gene Hawkins takes on the job of locating a missing priceless breeding stallion. But he gets more action than he bargained for from a group of horse thieves who want to put Hawkins out to pasture–permanently. Since this book was originally published in 1967, in many ways it seemed like a

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