Bøker av Richard Laws

The infamous unsolved Ebor Murder of 2002 - was the victim killed because he was a CHEAT? Policemen arrive at Will Payne's door with the news that his father, a racehorse trainer, has been attacked and is seriously ill. Despite having not spoken to his father for two years, Will learns that he is the number one suspect. Dragged back to his hometown of Malton in North Yorkshire, Will is cajoled into taking charge of the racing yard, only to discover the business is on its knees. However, there is one hope. A young unraced filly named Catwalk who is being prepared for the Albany at Royal Ascot. With the help of two friends, Will sets out to get the two-year-old to Ascot in one piece. If only things were that simple! He soon finds himself embroiled in the unsolved twenty-year-old murder of his grandfather. Meanwhile, Catwalk's flamboyant owner looks set to remove the filly from the yard... CHEAT is the SEVENTH horseracing thriller from Richard Laws. PRAISE FOR RACING THRILLERS BY RICHARD LAWS - Great story with many twists & turns. Well written, pacey with a strong cast of characters. - The sort of book John Francombe & Dick Francis wished they had succeeded in writing. Such a very, very clever plot and engaging characters that one can identify with... - A good fast-paced story, the villains were totally impossible to guess from earlier in the book. I read a lot of crime thrillers including racing ones by the likes of Dick and Felix Francis, John Francome etc. This was as good as any of those. - An affirmed longstanding Dick Francis reader I am converting to Laws with each and every publication. - Totally captivating stories which you can't put down until you get to the sting in the tail.

CAUSING INTERFERENCE - A HORSERACING OWNERSHIP THRILLER Sophie Falworth was married for less than a day before her husband ran off with another woman. So when an invitation to meet his wife and distinctly odd family arrives seventeen years later, Sophie quickly disregards the request to meet in Alnwick, Northumberland. However, when it emerges that the invite is actually to the reading of her ex-husband's will, she takes a chance... and is immediately plunged headlong into the world of horseracing. In order to benefit from her husband's millions, she must become a part-owner in a racehorse she shares with people she detests. And if that wasn't bad enough, there are any number of people who seem hell-bent on making sure she fails to see out the flat season... one way or another. This is Richard Laws's sixth thriller based in the world of horseracing. Expect twists and turns right to the very end. PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS RACING THRILLERS BY RICHARD LAWS - Great story with many twists & turns. Well written, pacey with a strong cast of characters. - The sort of book John Francombe & Dick Francis wished they had succeeded in writing. Such a very, very clever plot and engaging characters that one can identify with... - A good fast-paced story, the villains were totally impossible to guess from earlier in the book. I read a lot of crime thrillers including racing ones by the likes of Dick and Felix Francis, John Francome etc. This was as good as any of those. - An affirmed longstanding Dick Francis reader I am converting to Laws with each and every publication. - Totally captivating stories which you can't put down until you get to the sting in the tail.

A STABLE FULL OF WINNERS>Whether it's a jockey with a big secret, a trainer with a masterful coup in mind, or a major auction house determined to stop the march of technology, these stories run their race and are winners... The surprises and twists keep coming in these short tales of British betting, racehorses, jockeys, owners, and trainers. A Stable Full Of Winners is a collection of short stories from best-selling horse racing storyteller, Richard Laws. Author of The Syndicate Manager, An Old-Fashioned Coup, and A Run For Your Money. PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS RACING STORIES BY RICHARD LAWS: - Great story with many twists & turns. Well written, pacey with a strong cast of characters. - The sort of book John Francombe & Dick Francis wished they had succeeded in writing. Such a very, very clever plot and engaging characters that one can identify with... - A good fast-paced story, the villains were totally impossible to guess from earlier in the book. I read a lot of crime thrillers including racing ones by the likes of Dick and Felix Francis, John Francome etc. This was as good as any of those. - An affirmed longstanding Dick Francis reader I am converting to Laws with each and every publication.

A BRITISH HORSERACING THRILLER>Set in England, the story follows the elation, disappointment, intrigue, and thrills of racehorse ownership and reveals a world where the promise of money, recognition, and success can prove to be a toxic combination. When a racehorse starts showing top-class potential as a youngster you can be sure devious people will be out there waiting to snatch ownership from you... The Syndicate Manager was the debut novel by Richard Laws who has worked in the horse racing industry for twenty-five years. A syndicate manager since 2004, he is the founder of the biggest small-share syndication company in the United Kingdom.

So you think you could pull off a betting coup? You've been given a healthy betting budget. You have the names of horses which should be winning at generous odds when they next run. So how do you convert this knowledge into the greatest coup of the twenty-first century, and most importantly, make sure the bookies will pay out? Charlie Summer takes on the challenge in this British horse racing story from emerging racing fiction writer Richard Laws. Brother of a racehorse trainer, Charlie knows racing, and understands betting. His day job for an advertising agency means he has the contacts in the media. Mix them together and you might just have a chance, a chance of pulling off a coup. Richard Laws, author of the Amazon best-selling horse racing thrillers 'The Syndicate Manager' and 'Gimcrack' returns with a story of punters, trainers, jockeys, racehorses, bookmakers and betting, all neatly wrapped up in lies and secrets.

A British horse racing thrillerStruggling Malton based racehorse trainer Harry Bolt is drawn into a suspicious death investigation when a potential new owner is found dead, minutes after leaving his racing stables.Although the death has worrying similarities to an event in his own past, Harry's fortunes are given a sudden boost when he is made a rather strange offer, which is hard to turn down. It provides him with the opportunity of a lifetime: to spend serious money on several high quality racehorses at the yearling sales. This investment in bloodstock comes with only one objective - to win the Gimcrack, a top class race for juvenile colts, run at York's Ebor meeting.Harry soon realises the stakes are much higher than he imagined. He can't afford to fail. He must train the winner of the Gimcrack; the lives of his friends and family may depend on it...This is the second racing thriller from Richard Laws. His first, The Syndicate Manager, was published in 2018 and received five star reviews and featured regularly in the Amazon top bestseller lists in the horse racing and equestrian sports categories.

FAST-PACED HORSERACING THRILLER SET IN THE UK>When a young woman working in the pressroom at Ripon races jumps off the top of the grandstand at a Saturday afternoon race meeting, race commentator and part-time actor, Joe Lawlor, is drawn into his own race; to uncover a plot to defraud the UK's biggest betting exchange of millions of pounds. By promising to protect a friend, Joe becomes embroiled in the darker side of horseracing, where hackers, professional gamblers, the racing authorities, bookmakers, and hit-men, play out a deadly game of fraud and blackmail, driven by greed and revenge. PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS RACING THRILLERS BY RICHARD LAWS: - Great story with many twists & turns. Well written, pacey with a strong cast of characters.- The sort of book John Francombe & Dick Francis wished they had succeeded in writing. Such a very, very clever plot and engaging characters that one can identify with...- A good fast-paced story, the villains were totally impossible to guess from earlier in the book. I read a lot of crime thrillers including racing ones by the likes of Dick and Felix Francis, John Francome etc. This was as good as any of those.- An affirmed longstanding Dick Francis reader I am converting to Laws with each and every publication.