Dick Francis: Knock Down (UK 2009)

From the Publisher:
A newly reissued edition of this classic novel from the Champion Storyteller
It's the classic law of the invader. Get to the strongest guy and smash him, and then watch the weaker ones fall like ninepins. Which is exactly what a vicious gang of horse dealers decides to do when their little kickback scam is being threatened with a spot of old-fashioned honesty.

But they haven't reckoned with bloodstock agent Jonah Dereham, a man who belies his quiet exterior with a steely and implacable resolve. They can threaten him, try to burn down his home, even attempt to kill him. But they'll soon wish they hadn't.

Because Dereham flushes out the real scam, and with it finds out just who the real Mr Big is. And when he does that, life suddenly becomes cheap...

'Another wonderfully effective thriller' Sunday Times

Dick Francis: Knock Down. Pan, ISBN: 9780330246200 (May, 2009), 192 p., £6.99.

Dick Francis: Knockdown (USA 2006)

From the Publisher:
For a generous commission, ex-prize-winning jockey Jonah Dereham reluctantly agrees to bid on a young steeplechaser on behalf of a wealthy American woman. But his life is thrust into danger immediately following the auction, when he receives a blow to the head by two thugs demanding ownership of the horse. Unfortunately, that's just the beginning -- and now Jonah must figure out the high-stakes game being played... before he becomes its next casualty.

Dick Francis: Knockdown. Berkley Publishing, ISBN: 0425210243 (March, 2006), 292 p., $7.99.

Dick Francis: Knock Down (UK 1997)

From the Publisher:
When a vicious gang of horse dealers threaten bloodstock agent Jonah Dereham they soon wish they had not. Dereham flushes out the real plot, and with it finds out just who the real Mr Big is. And when he does that, life suddenly becomes very cheap.

Dick Francis: Knock Down. Pan, ISBN: 0330246208 (January, 1997), 274 p., £5.99.