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About Dick Francis

Richard Stanley Francis (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer whose novels centre on horse racing in England.

After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, winning over 350 races and becoming champion jockey of the British National Hunt. He came to further prominence in 1956 as jockey to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, riding her horse Devon Loch which fell when close to winning the Grand National. Francis retired from horseracing and became a journalist and novelist.

Many of his novels deal with crime in the horse-racing world, with some of the criminals being outwardly respectable figures. The stories are narrated by the main character, often a jockey, but sometimes a trainer, an owner, a bookmaker or someone in a different profession, peripherally linked to racing. This person always faces great obstacles, often including physical injury. More than forty of these novels became international best-sellers.

Dick Francis writes about Fiction, Horse racing, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Large type books, England, fiction, and Detective and mystery stories. Their best-known work is Blood sport.

On FindMyTBR we track 43 books by Dick Francis, 43 of them confirmed as audiobooks on Spotify or Apple Books — including 10 Lb. Penalty, Banker, and Blood Sport. Full availability across Spotify, Apple Books, Audible, and Amazon is below.