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      c2012., Adult, Michael Joseph Call No: MYS Fic Fra    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: When race caller and television presenter Mark Shillingford calls a race in which his twin sister, Clare, an accomplished and successful jockey, comes in third when she could have won, he believes the worst: that she lost on purpose, and the race was fixed. That night, Mark confronts Clare with his suspicions, she storms off after an argument-- and it's the last time Mark sees her alive. Hours later, Clare jumps to her death from the balcony of a London hotel; or so it seems. Devastated and guilty over her death, Mark goes in search of answers. What had led Clare to take her own life? Or was it not suicide at all?.
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      2014., Michael Joseph Call No: MYS Fic Fra    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "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 through the Cheltenham Racing Festival, the last thing he expects to witness is a gruesome 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? Then many more horses test positive for prohibited stimulants, and someone starts making demands, threatening to completely destroy the integrity of the racing industry. In order to limit the damage to the sport, it's critical that Jeff find the perpetrator . . . but he'll soon learn he's up against someone who will stop at nothing to prevail."--
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      2015., Severn House Publishers Edition: eBook ed.    Connect to the eBook title Series Title: Harry Radcliffe mystery series   Volume: book 1.Summary Note: Recuperating after a serious accident, not knowing if heœll ever ride again, champion jump jockey and racing columnist Harry Radcliffe accepts a commission to ghost-write the autobiography of retiring racehorse trainer Elspeth Maudsley. But as he begins to research her family history, it becomes increasingly clear to Harry that there are things Elspeth isnœt telling him about her past. Whatœs more, a series of threatening incidents, escalating in menace and intensity, begins to convince Harry that someone is determined to stop him writing this book whatever it takes.And Harry is about to uncover secrets in his own familyœs past too. Secrets that will shake him to his core and ensure that he can never feel certain about anything again.
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      2015., Penguin Books, Limited Call No: MYS Fic Fra    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: FP 75,000. Jefferson Hinkley is back, following DAMAGE. In his role as an undercover investigator for the British Horseracing Authority, Jeff is approached by the multi-time champion jockey, Dave Swinton, to discuss the delicate matter of purposefully losing races. Little did Jeff expect that this call would result in an attempt on his life. Dave Swinton is then found dead, burnt beyond recognition in his car at a deserted beauty spot. The police think it's a suicide but Jeff is not so sure. Hinkley starts to investigate, but soon discovers that others are out to prevent him from doing so, at any cost.
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      c2011., General, Michael Joseph Call No: MYS Fic Fra    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "As one of the youngest ever winners of the Grand National, Nick 'Foxy' Foxton's career as a world class jockey is on perfect track until a near fatal accident cuts his dream brutally short. But when he returns to Aintree as a spectator years later, nothing can prepare him for what unfolds. Minutes before the biggest event on the racing calendar, Nick's affable American colleague Herb Kovak is shot at point blank range, the gunman disappearing amongst the stunned crowd. Along with the police, Nick is left baffled as to why anyone would want to kill such an apparently gentle soul. With the press speculating links to gangland crime and a crumpled note containing a threatening message found in the dead man's coat, Nick begins to doubt how well he really knew Herb. And on discovering Herb had named him as the benefactor of his will, Nick questions why he has been entrusted with the legacy. Is this a generous gift from a friend or is it, in fact, a poisoned chalice?"--Publisher.
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      [2004], c2003., General, Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Hidalgo   Edition: Widescreen version.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: In the 1890's Frank T. Hopkins, a former U.S. Cavalry dispatch rider who is haunted by memories of what he saw at the battle of Wounded Knee, and his mustang Hidalgo, are performing in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, billed as the greatest horse and rider the West has ever known. This leads them to be invited to run in the 3,000 mile endurance race across the Middle Eastern desert, the Ocean of Fire, by one of the leading Arabian Sheiks. The race soon becomes not only a matter of pride and honor for Frank, but a race for his very survival as he and his horse attempt the impossible.