Knockdown
by Dick Francis
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"He doesn't really want to do it, but ex-prizewinning jockey Jonah Dereham soon finds himself bidding for a young steeplechaser. The money he's spending belongs to Mrs. Kerry Sanders, a very wealthy American woman who wants the horse for the son of a special friend. Fine-for a generous commission, he'll buy the horse. What isn't fine is the crunch on the skull he gets after the auction. Unfortunately for his health, it is only the first in a series of abusive and downright illegal attacks that Jonah must survive before he ultimately figures out the real game that's afoot ..."--BOOK COVER.
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Horse racing in fiction, Horse racing, Fiction, Jockeys, Large type books, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Dereham, jonah (fictitious character), fiction, England, fiction, horse racing, Fiction in English, Fiction, thrillers, Fiction, suspense, Great britain, fiction, Fiction, thrillers, generalShowing 7 featured editions. View all 31 editions?
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Knock Down (Getaway Books)
July 1981, Thomson Learning Australia
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0174321856 9780174321859
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Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, ℗♭1974.
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Ex-jockey Jonah Dereham agrees to bid on a young steeplechaser for a wealthy American woman. But right after the auction Dereham and his client are threatened by thugs who want the horse.
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