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• Knock Down [top]
  First published (1st Edition) in 1974 in Great Britain by Michael Joseph in hardback, 206pp, 9780718112974
  Pan paperbacks edition published in 1975
  8th Pan paperback reprint published in 1980, 189pp, ISBN 0330246208

Storyline: Steeplechase jockeys, like all other professional sportsmen, have to find a second career for themselves as the years go by. Jonah Dereham, retiring from the saddle at thirty-two, chose to become a bloodstock agent and spent his life travelling round racehorse sales, finding and bidding for the sort of horse each of his clients wanted.
Jonah wanted only to mind his own business, but several disturbing incidents forced him to realise that someone was out to ruin him, and to survive he had to find the answers. A couple of bully boys began to put the boot in, and Jonah found himself progressively forced to fight for the survival of his horses, his business and himself. Hindered by a brother who hit the bottle, helped by a blonde in an orange MGB, he pressed onward to a rough conclusion.
Set in the world of bloodstock auction sales, Knock Down takes a sharp but tolerant look at what the racehorse dealing industry gets up to behind the scenes

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• The Edge [top]
  First published (1st Edition) in 1988 in Great Britain by Michael Joseph in hardback with dustjacket, 288pp, ISBN 0718137221
  First published in 1989 in Great Britain by Pan Books in paperback, 328pp, ISBN 0330310712

Storyline: To the jockey club, the racing world would be a better place without Julius Apollo Filmer. An expert in corruption with a devastating line in witness intimidation - and proving to be a slippery character to put behind bars. Baffled, they call in undercover security agent Tor Kelsey to keep an unflinching eye on Filmer and his associates. A mission that takes him from the finest of English racecourses to the wild Canadian interior - on a luxury transcontinental train journey to end them all. On board, a troupe of actors are playing out a murder mystery for the amusement of their diamond-studded passengers. Ideal cover for a secret investigator with secrets of his own. And better still for an ice-cool blackmailer for whom murder is just one of many options...

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• Hot Money [top]
  First published in 1987 in Great Britain by Michael Joseph in hardback
  First published in 1988 in Great Britain by Pan Books in paperback, 278pp, ISBN 0330305050. Cover photograph by Colin Thomas. Original price: £3.99 when first sold in 1988

Storyline: Malcolm Pembroke never expected to make a million pounds without making enemies. Nor did he expect his latest wife to be brutally murdered. All the clues suggest the killer comes from close to home - but after five marriages and nine children, that still leaves the field wide open.

When he finds his own life in danger, Pembroke entrusts his safety to his enstranged son, Ian, an amateur jockey; and through him discovers a compulsive new outlet for his financial expertise. Soon he's playing the international blood stock market for incredible stakes. Not the safest best for a man on the run from avaricious relatives. Particularly when one of them's got a bomb...

Characters:
The Pembrokes:

Malcolm Pembroke
His Wives: 1. Vivien, 2. Joyce; 3. Alicia; 4. Coochie; 5. Moira

Vivien's Children:
1. Donald, married to Helen
2. Lucy, married to Edwin
3. Thomas, married to Berenice

Joyce's Child:
1. Ian, unmarried

Alicia's Children:
1. Gervase, married to Ursula
2. Ferdinand, married to Debs
3. Serena, unmarried

Coochie's Children
1. Robin
2. Peter, dead

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• To The Hilt [top]
  First published in 1996 in Great Britain by Michael Joseph in hardback, 288pp, ISBN 9780718137540
  Published in 1997 in Great Britain by Pan Books in paperback, 393pp, ISBN 0330352253. Cover photograph by The Bridgeman Art Library; author photograph on the back by Adrian Houston

Storyline: Alexander Kinloch found solitude and a steady income painting in a bothy on a remote Scottish mountain. Until the morning the strangers arrived to rough him up, and Alexander was dragged reluctantly back into the real and violent world he thought he had left behind.

Millions of pounds are missing from his stepfather's business. A valuable racehorse is under threat. Then comes the first ugly death and the end of all Alexander's doubts. For the honour of the Kinlochs he will face the strangers ... up to the hilt...

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• Dead Heat [top]
  Written by Dick Francis and Felix Francis (his son)
  First published in 2007 in Great Britain by Michael Joseph in hardback, 384pp, ISBN 9780718153656
  First published in 2008 in Great Britain by Pan Books in paperback, 409pp, 9780330454827

Storyline: ‘I wondered if I was dying. I wasn’t afraid to die but, such was the pain in my gut, I wished it would happen soon.’

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 top chef Max Moreton is cooking the evening’s meal.

Max is something of a celebrity in Newmarket circles. He is founder of the racing town’s favourite Michelin-starred restaurant, the Hay Net. However, spending the night retching in the throes of agony is the last thing Max expects. But much worse is to come...his food is suspected of putting twenty-four of the dinner guests in hospital. Max’s pride and professionalism tells him all is not as it seems.

Within hours, Max’s restaurant is forcibly closed, his reputation teeters on the brink of ruin, and a court case looms. But the day is far from over, and soon Max Moreton finds himself desperately fighting for more than just his livelihood...