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Little does Mason expect that hell be looking Trent in the eyes again much sooner than hed ever imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSetting aside his barristers wig, Mason heads to Sandown to don his racing silks. An amateur jockey, his true passion is to be found in the saddle on a Thoroughbred, pounding the turf in the heat of a steeplechase. But when a fellow rider is brutally murdered  a pitchfork driven through his chest  Masons racing life soon becomes all too close to his working life. The prime suspect is one of their brethren, champion jockey Steve Mitchell; the evidence is overwhelming.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMason is reluctant to heed Mitchells pleas for legal advice  but soon he finds himself at the centre of a sinister web of threat and intimidation. Mason is left fighting a battle of right and wrong, and more immediately, a battle of life and death his own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47263718506790,"sku":"9780718154578","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/e56e495f-f50c-41aa-81a4-425826fa8e24.jpg?v=1701084127"},{"product_id":"crossfire","title":"Crossfire","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBook is signed and dedicated to 'Clive, with best wishes and many thanks' by Felix Francis\u003c\/strong\u003e  Captain Thomas Forsyth's tour of Afghanistan is cut brutally short when he's badly wounded by an IED - Improvised Explosive Device, a roadside bomb. Tom's world is torn apart by the injury - the Army is his life. Six months of recuperation leave is a daunting prospect - but not as bleak as the probability of never rejoining his regiment.  Tom returns to Lambourn, to his childhood home, where his mother is a racehorse trainer and the 'First Lady' of racing. Never having seen eye to eye with his parents, Tom doesn't expect a hero's welcome - but even he's not prepared for the reception that awaits him.  When his mother's prize horse finishes a disappointing last place in a race he should have won, Tom discovers that the training business is on the edge, and facing a threat far more dangerous than a run of bad form. 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But before Gerard gets to watch it, the videotape is stolen.  And soon further crimes against Gerard and those close to him start to occur. What was on the missing videotape? And why are the attacks continuing?  In order to stay alive, Gerard needs to keep one step ahead of his enemies and uncover the truth - before his livelihood and everything he loves is shattered for good.  Packed with intrigue and hair-raising suspense,\u003ci\u003e Shattered \u003c\/i\u003eis one of the many blockbuster thrillers from legendary crime writer Dick Francis. Other novels include the huge bestsellers \u003ci\u003eDead Heat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnder Orders\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSilks\u003c\/i\u003e. The Dick Francis legacy continues through his son Felix Francis: \u003ci\u003eRefusal\u003c\/i\u003e is his latest novel, following \u003ci\u003eBloodline\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGamble.\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePraise for the Dick Francis novels:\u003c\/b\u003e  'The narrative is brisk and gripping and the background researched with care . . . the entire story is a pleasure to relish' \u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e  'Dick Francis's fiction has a secret ingredient - his inimitable knack of grabbing the reader's attention on page one and holding it tight until the very end' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e  'Still the master' \u003ci\u003eRacing Post\u003c\/i\u003e  'The master of suspense and intrigue' \u003ci\u003eCountry Life\u003c\/i\u003e  Dick Francis was one of the most successful post-war National Hunt jockeys. The winner of over 350 races, he was champion jockey in 1953\/1954 and rode for HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, most famously on Devon Loch in the 1956 Grand National. On his retirement from the saddle, he published his autobiography, The Sport of Queens, before going on to write forty-three bestselling novels, a volume of short stories (Field of 13), and the biography of Lester Piggott.  Dick Francis died in February, 2010, at the age of 89, but he remains one of the greatest thriller writers of all time.","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47263934677286,"sku":"BNOXHXTY","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/083dab18-783f-4f86-898f-8b7b7f357213.jpg?v=1701088678"},{"product_id":"flying-finish","title":"Flying Finish","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmateur jockey Lord Henry Grey decides on a whim to join the bloodstock market, transporting racehorses around the world. 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