When ex-jockey Sid Halley becomes convinced that one of his closest friends—and one of the racing world's most beloved figures—is behind a series of shockingly violent acts, he faces the most troubling case of his career.

It's the third death on Cheltenham Gold Cup day that really troubles supersleuth Sid Halley. Last seen in 1995's former champion jockey Halley knows all too well the perils of racing--but in his day, jockeys didn't usually reach the finish line with three .38 rounds in the chest. Yet this is precisely how he finds jockey Huw Walker, who only a few hours earlier, won the coveted Triumph Hurdle.

Hired to write the biography of a racehorse trainer, author John Kendall encounters more than he bargained for as he stumbles into a web of danger and death in rural England.

'Dead Cert' is the first novel written by former horse jockey and sports writer Dick Francis. His crime thrillers, set in and around horse racing, have been widely acclaimed for their accuracy and detail. In this novel, Bill Davidson was alive when the race started, but dead astride his horse at the finish line. Racing is dangerous enough, but fellow jockey Alan York almost winds up as dead just for asking questions about it.

A young British diplomat's return to England revives long-buried childhood memories that could be the key to saving innocent people from destruction.

Successful steeplechase jockey Christmas "Kit" Fielding finds himself attacked, chased, kidnapped, and knifed when he comes to the aid of his twin sister Holly and her husband, Bobby Allardeck, star-crossed lovers.

Sid Halley, now a private investigator with a bionic hand, finds himself uncovering corruption in the racing world.