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Dick Francis Omnibus: Long Shot / Straight / High Stakes
Dick Francis Omnibus Long Shot / Straight / High Stakes Author:Dick Francis Straight -- As Derek Franklin, an injured steeplechase jockey, nears the end of his career, his older brother, Greville, is killed, and he inherits all the confusion and danger that lay hidden in his brother's life. With peril everywhere, Derek's only hope is to identify the enemy. And he must call on all his stamina and... more » endurance to make the final, straight run in his brother's life -- without losing his own....
High Stakes -- Steven Scott is relatively new to horses racing. But under the inspired guidance of a great trainer, he wins again and again. Yet just when Steven is winning at both women and horses, he discovers deceit in his own stables. And termination of the troublemaker marks Steven for his own termination....
Long shot -- A starving writer turns to work that will at least pay the bills, but he soon discovers the perils of rural England. His agent had warned that his impulses would kill him, but he didn't listen--not by a longshot.« less