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From Publisher's Weekly: Champion jockey Kit Fielding again proves his mettle when Henri Nanterre, the ruthless business partner of his fiancee's uncle, tries to convert their road construction company into an armaments enterprise. Nanterre threatens the life of Princess Casilia, his partner's wife, who also owns many of Kit's mounts. Nanterre is foiled, but then some of the princess's horses are found dead, killed, ironically, by captive-bullet bolt guns designed for "humane" deaths. Next come several near-lethal attacks against humans, including Kit's Danielle, and our Kit must devise a…

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19 editions · 2 languages
  • Ebook · English · 2009
    Penguin Group UK · 9780141929200
  • Paperback · English · 2001
    Jove · 288 pages · 9780515130423
  • Paperback · English · 1998
    Pan Books · 240 pages · 9780330301381
  • Audiobook · English · 1996
    Bolt (Unabridged Edition)
    Chivers Word for Word Audio Books · 9780745128429
  • Audiobook · English · 1993
    Bolt (Unabridged Edition)
    Chivers Audio Books · 9780745141695
  • Hardcover · English · 1991
    Bolt (Dick Francis Library)
    Michael Joseph Ltd · 240 pages · 9780718135089
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