DICK FRANCIS OMNIBUS 7 PB

Nerve: Art Mathews publicly shoots himself; Pip Pankhurst's leg is shattered; Grant Oldfield needs psychiatric help; and Rob Finn starts riding losers - too many to be a coincidence.

He needs to know what is going on, but his only leads are violence, dope, and the malignancy of twisted envy...'Superbly exciting' Daily Express Blood Sport: Gene Hawkins's boss wants him to track down kidnapped stallions in Kentucky and won't take no for an answer.

But Gene's survival skills are soon called upon closer to home, as he is catapulted into a maelstrom of blackmail and murder that would turn the blue grass of Kentucky red...'Thundering skulduggery...Francis on champion form' Sunday Telegraph In The Frame: Charles Todd makes a living painting horses.

But someone else is making a lot more, forging masters such as Stubbs and Munnings and selling them to people like Charles's cousin - people who usually end up dead.

Charles goes to Australia to trail the ruthless fraudsters, putting himself right in the frame for murder...'The gloves are off and it's very gritty indeed' Daily Telegraph