Dick Francis

L.A. Times bestsellers and Chateau Marmont

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Dick Francis dies at 89; champion jockey became bestselling British mystery writer

2010-02-15 00:00:00

Dick Francis, a champion steeplechase jockey in Britain who became a bestselling mystery writer, died Sunday at his home in the Cayman Islands. He was 89. Ruth Cairns, a spokeswoman for Francis, told the Associated Press that the author died of natural...

Los Angeles Times bestsellers for Sept. 13, 2009

2009-09-13 00:00:00

++++++++++++++++++++ || Fiction || Weeks on list || || 1. || Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon (Penguin Press: $27.95) Noir meets '60s Southern California groovy in a private eye's psychedelic quest. || 5 || || 2. || The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam:...

Through the Lens – Aviation Meet

2010-02-02 04:32:55

Mystery writer Dick Francis has died

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When Sasscer Hill was growing up, she rode stick horses and plow horses and read "The Black Stallion" novels, a series of books about the friendship between a young boy and a beautiful black Arabian stallion. In the process, she fell in love —...

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Today is Monday, Feb. 14, the 45th day of 2011. There are 320 days left in the year. This is Valentine's Day. � Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 14, 1961, the radioactive element lawrencium was first synthesized at the University of California,...

Author Dick Francis dead at 89

2010-02-14 09:32:00

Author Dick Francis has died at his home in the Cayman Islands. He was 89. Best known for this horse racing mystery and suspense books, Francis wrote 42 successful novels after his career as a jockey in the 1940s and 50s. After working as a racing...

The beast within

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The Wolfman By Nicholas Pekearo Tor, $23.95 If the heart-rending circumstances surrounding the death of 28-year-old Nicholas Pekearo—a New York City auxiliary police officer and aspiring writer shot and killed in the line of duty in 2007 while...

New county attorney

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This Gulf-side town has become a sophisticated retreat with boutiques, galleries, stylish restaurants, stately mansions and two Ritz Carltons. It boasts more millionaires per capita than any other city in the state and more golf courses too. Although...

The champion jockey became a bestselling British mystery writer. After retiring from racing, Francis wrote more than 40 novels, many with racing as a theme. He was made a Commander of the British Empire in 2000 and named a Grand Master by the Crime Writers' Assn. He was 89.

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Mystery writer Dick Francis wrote more than 40 novels, often with racing as a theme.

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