Slay Ride

by Dick Francis

Published 15 October 1973
The hero of this explosive tale is David Cleveland, investigator for the Jockey Club, who goes to Norway in response to an appeal from Oslo racecourse. A British jockey, riding there, has disappeared, and with him has gone a day's takings from the turnstiles. The Norwegian police have found no trace of him, and the case is being filed as just one more unsolved theft. David Cleveland is a last resort. He goes without much expectation - and finds himself in waters as dark and deep as the fjords.

Dead Cert

by Dick Francis

Published December 1962
This thriller set in the world of jockeys is written by the former National Hunt jockey, Dick Francis.