Triple Crown: Three Complete Novels: Dead Cert/Nerve/For Kicks Book

In Dead Cert, steeplechaser Alan York knows well the dangers of the sport.

But when his best friend and rival takes a fall in the middle of a race, Alan discovers that his death was no accident.

Nerve is the story of a struggling young jockey named Rob-a misfit in a family of accomplished musicians-who discovers that his troubling losing streak is caused not by a lack of skill or confidence, but by something far more sinister.

For Kicks finds Australian horse breeder Daniel Roke resisting an exorbitant sum of money to investigate a scandal involving drugged racehorses. But after another investigator dies mysteriously, Roke agrees to fill his shoes-and learns that men who give drugs to horses are capable of doing much worse to human beings.

Author Biography: Dick Francis is a three-time Edgar® Award winner. He was named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1996 and received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Malice Domestic mystery convention.