15 must-read mystery books like Safe Bet: A shocking mystery unravels in the world of horseracing by John Francome

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Safe Bet: A shocking mystery unravels in the world of horseracing

By: John Francome

3.97

Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition

Would you risk it all to get the truth?The sudden death of a jockey-in-decline leaves his best frie…

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1. Dick Francis's Refusal (Sid Halley, #5)

By: Felix Francis

4.01

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Dick Francis’s beloved investigator Sid Halley returns in the riveting new mystery by New York Time… read more

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2. Driving Force

By: Dick Francis

4.04

Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Delightful...A tense, fast-paced new mystery...boasting a resolute, resourceful, and modest hero a… read more

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"It isn't necessary to speculate about the driving force within us, it leaps out and reveals itself. Under pressure, it can't be hidden"

-Dick Francis, Driving Force

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3. Trial Run

By: Dick Francis

3.92

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Veteran horseman Randall Drew travels to Moscow to help the Russian royal family--but ends up caugh… read more

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4. 10 lb Penalty

By: Dick Francis

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Benedict Juliard is an aspiring jockey who must bypass his dreams of horse racing to help his fathe… read more

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"People always kill Caesar. Don't trust anyone."

-Dick Francis, 10 lb Penalty

"It's people with obsessions who do the real harm in the world."

-Dick Francis, 10 lb Penalty

"But what do you say if you're asked a direct question and you can't tell the truth and you can't tell a lie?' 'You say “how very interesting"

-Dick Francis, 10 lb Penalty

"Silly,' he said with mock serenity, 'isn't a word you should ever apply to people. They may be totally stupid, in fact, but if you call them silly you've lost their vote."

-Dick Francis, 10 lb Penalty

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5. Pulse

By: Felix Francis , Dick Francis

2.57

Format: 210 pages,

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6. Break In (Kit Fielding, #1)

By: Dick Francis

4.40

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Steeplechase jockey Christmas "Kit" Fielding has had more than his share of close calls both on and… read more

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7. Risk

By: Dick Francis

4.40

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

When he wakes in a pitch-black room with his hands bound, Roland Britten--accountant and champion s… read more

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8. Slay Ride

By: Dick Francis

4.40

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

When a champion jockey disappears--right before a big race and the birth of his child--Investigator… read more

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9. To the Hilt

By: Dick Francis

3.32

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the acclaimed master of mystery and suspense comes the story of a self-imposed outcast who mus… read more

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10. Reflex

By: Dick Francis

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

Longtime jockey Philip Nore suspects that a racetrack photographer's fatal accident was really murd… read more

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11. For Kicks

By: Dick Francis

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

Daniel Roke, Australian who established a stud farm to raise orphaned siblings, accepts undercover … read more

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12. Smokescreen

By: Dick Francis

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

Edward Lincoln is a worldwide celebrity who plays detectives on the big screen. But when his godmot… read more

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13. The Edge

By: Dick Francis

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

A high-class, transcontinental horse-racing junket should be an idyllic getaway for the super-rich.… read more

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14. Hot Money

By: Dick Francis

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Wealthy gold trader Malcolm Pembroke has five ex-wives and nine chidren between them, all fighting … read more

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15. Twelve in the Sixth

By: Charlie De Luca

3.87

Format: 252 pages,

Jed Cavendish picks up his fellow jockey, Eddie O'Neill's, phone when it rings in the weighing room… read more

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16. Dick Francis's Damage

By: Felix Francis

4.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Felix Francis is back with another edge-of-your-seat thriller, in the classic Dick Francis traditio… read more

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17. Longshot

By: Dick Francis

3.28

Format: 5 pages, Paperback

'The plot gallops forward irresistibly and the story is perfectly worked out' Sunday Times read more

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18. Flying Finish

By: Dick Francis

4.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

Much to his snobbish family's horror, Henry Grey takes on the dirty and demanding job of transporti… read more

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19. No Reserve: The brand new thriller from the master of the racing blockbuster

By: Felix Francis

4.27

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

THE HIGHER THE STAKES, THE DEADLIER THE RISK . . .THE BRAND NEW THRILLER FROM THE MASTER OF THE RAC… read more

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20. The Harbour (Cumbria Crime Book 1)

By: Rachel McLean

4.45

Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition

DI Zoe Finch has a lot on her plate. New job, new team, new county. And on day one, she’s plunged … read more

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21. Hands Down

By: Felix Francis

4.16

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

Sid Halley is back and he has a new left hand having had a transplant since his last appearance in … read more

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22. Safe Bet: A shocking mystery unravels in the world of horseracing

By: John Francome

3.97

Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition

Would you risk it all to get the truth?The sudden death of a jockey-in-decline leaves his best frie… read more

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23. Iced

By: Felix Francis

3.76

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Clive Cussler and James Lee Burke, Iced, the latest in Francis’s fictional worl… read more

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24. Crisis

By: Felix Francis

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times--bestselling author Felix Francis returns with his newest edge-of-your-seat horserac… read more

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25. Guilty Not Guilty

By: Felix Francis

3.92

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

***Thrillers that race from the very first page***'Felix Francis' novels gallop along splendidly' J… read more

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26. Fall From Grace

By: Charlie De Luca

4.19

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

Another racing thriller from Charlie De Luca, author of Rank Outsiders, The Gift Horse, Twelve in t… read more

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27. Death Seeks You Out: A Mike Cannon Jumps Racing Mystery (A Mike Cannon - Jumps Racing Murder Mystery)

By: Eric Horridge

4.33

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

With a new season about to start, Mike Cannon has his focus on Cheltenham, in five months time; a h… read more

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28. Hoodwinked

By: Charlie De Luca

4.16

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

When a man is found murdered in the town of Walton in North Yorkshire, jockey coach, Finn McCarthy … read more

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29. Taken For A Ride: A racing thriller!

By: Charlie De Luca

4.34

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

Another racing thriller from the author of Fall From Grace, Hoodwinked, Making Allowances, Twelve i… read more

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30. A Run For Your Money: A horse racing ownership thriller

By: Richard Laws

4.57

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

A HORSE RACING OWNERSHIP THRILLER The future looks bleak for Mary Romano. She’s just lost her husba… read more

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31. Poison Garden (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #22)

By: L.J. Ross

4.73

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND AND THE COVEThe clock is ticking…For Detective Chief … read more

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9 Best fiction books like Hands Down by Felix Francis

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Dead Heat

Felix Francis , Dick Francis

3.89

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Driving Force

Dick Francis

4.04

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10 lb Penalty

Dick Francis

3.95

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Dick Francis

2.78

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