Come To Grief / For Kicks - Omnibus Author:Dick Francis For Kicks -- Australian horse breeder Daniel Roke had resisted the exorbitant sum of money offered by a suave Englishman to investigate a scandal involving drugged racehorses. But after another investigator dies mysteriously, Roke agrees to fill his shoes -- and learns that men who would give drugs to horses are capable of doing... more » much worse to human beings.
Come to Grief (Sid Halley, Bk 3) -- Sid Halley, ex-champion jockey turned investigator, is facing his toughest test.
A number of horses have been brutally mutilated, horrifying their owners and the general public. Even Sid's friend, broadcaster Ellis Quint, has been moved to make a shocking programme about it. But when Sid is asked to look into the case, the evidence he uncovers points in a startling direction and he finds that his head must overrule his heart.
As friends and associates are angered by his discoveries, so Sid is drawn into a terrible web of conspiracy and intrigue. Escape will require all his legendary wits and cunning . . .« less