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Slay ride

Dick Cleveland goes to Norway to investigate the disappearance of a British jockey and finds himself in deep water.

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  • "Curiosity didn't kill the cat"@en
  • "Slayride"@en
  • "Slay ride"@en
  • "Slay ride"
  • "Lester affair"@en

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  • "David found out that Norwegians are fond of English jockeys but not when they turn out to be thieves."
  • "In Noorwegen wordt een Engelse jockey vermoord; een industrieel blijkt er iets mee te maken te hebben."
  • "Dick Cleveland goes to Norway to investigate the disappearance of a British jockey and finds himself in deep water."@en
  • "Robert Sherman is a champion jockey. He's sure to win the upcoming Norwegian National--that is, until he suddenly drops out of sight. Called in to investigate, David Cleveland sets out to find his man. What he uncovers instead is a series of deaths that, if he is not careful, will soon include his own!"@en
  • "British investigator David Cleveland hadn't come to Oslo dressed for the Norwegian weather. But he didn't know what cold really was until someone tried to drown him in a fjord. Of course, it could have been an accident that the speedboat cut David's dinghy to ribbons. Just as it could have been a coincidence that champion jockey Robert Sherman had disappeared from Norway right before the National, a race he was certain to win. And right before his wife was about to give birth. But accident and coincidence couldn't explain the gruesome string of deaths that David Cleveland would find was meant to include his own."@en
  • "A series of bizarre incidents befalls David Cleveland when he is sent to Norway to investigate the disappearance of a British jockey."@en
  • ""When a champion jockey disappears--right before a big race and the birth of his child--British investigator David Cleveland bets on foulplay"--Back cover"
  • "A British jockey has disappeared in Norway and so have the day's takings from the turnstiles. David Cleveland goes to investigate."
  • "A British jockey has disappeared in Norway and so have the day's takings from the turnstiles. David Cleveland goes to investigate."@en
  • "ADVENTURE / THRILLER. David Cleveland is looking forward to Norway. A change of scenery, an old friend and a straight-forward looking case. An English jockey has gone missing; and so have the racecourse takings. It all looks so simple until a dead body turns up - unannounced. The Racecourse Committee fields questions like some Norwegian Politburo and the only answers Cleveland gets are violent ones - from a gang of professional killers. So, with maverick Marxist Erik Lund playing minder, he constructs a trap for his would-be assailants - with himself as bait."
  • "This novel has all the excitement and mystery of genre which has made a wordwide bestseller."
  • ""When a champion jockey disappears--right before a big race and the birth of his child--British investigator David Cleveland bets on foulplay"--Back cover."

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories, English"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Mystery stories"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Detective and mystery fiction"@en
  • "Detektivní romány"
  • "English fiction"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Thrillers"@en
  • "Anglické romány"
  • "Detective novels"

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  • "Chladná zrada : detektivní příběh z dostihového prostředí"
  • "Slay ride"@en
  • "Slay ride"
  • "Chladná zrada"
  • "Slay Ride"
  • "La casaque noire"
  • "Slay-ride"@en
  • "Slay-ride"
  • "Doludizgin"
  • "Slayride"
  • "Slayride"@en
  • "Schlachtritt"
  • "Schlittenfahrt : Roman"
  • "Moord-race"
  • "La Casaque noire"

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