Danny Rawlings Mysteries Books
Ex-Jockey and betting guru Danny Rawlings thinks he's met his darkest hour. Accused of murdering his friend, stable lad Deano, and now a wanted man on both sides of the law. A pulsating and innovative plot sees Danny hunted down and forced to witness the cold-blooded execution of a loved one. Fired on by that harrowing experience he goes all out to exact his revenge and get justice. Packed with stunning race scenes at Britain's premier racetracks, the tension never lets up right down to the wire as Danny goes after the real killers to reveal the shocking truth behind an inherited secret. Against all odds, Danny makes a return to the saddle in the Epsom Derby, not just to fulfil a lifelong dream but to expose the evil forces at work and save the 'Sport of Kings' from ruin.
A thrilling sequel to the popular and well-received The Hyperion Legacy. Assistant trainer and jump jockey Danny Rawlings is on the brink of financial ruin after taking a punt on buying his pride and joy Silver Belle, a tiny mare who's underachieved in the hands of struggling trainer and boss Roger Crane. After Danny is left badly beaten and shaken by a stranger outside his apartment, he learns that, one by one, jockeys that rode in a low-key race at Kempton years back are being murdered. And his name is next on the list. In the most important race of his life, with everything at stake, Danny sets about unearthing the shocking secret behind the deaths: The Rule of Lazari. A chain of mysterious events builds to a breathtaking climax at the Cheltenham Festival, where Danny gives his all to right the wrongs of the past, clear his financial woes and help set up a brighter future with wife Sara.
South Wales is gripped by a string of terrifying armed raids on bookmakers. When racehorse trainer Danny Rawlings is seduced by the riches offered up by a mysterious new owner known only as The Jaguar, he is plunged into a dark and murky world that puts his family and livelihood in grave danger. This thrilling third instalment in the Danny Rawlings series builds to an exciting bid for Aintree’s Grand National which forces him to risk all by facing up to The Jaguar.
This thrilling fourth book in the series sees racehorse trainer Danny Rawlings discover a triptych that holds a lost secret from a long-forgotten chapter in racing’s rich past. A secret that claimed lives and now threatens his. With his marriage hanging by a thread and a mysterious punter seemingly cherry picking the stable’s winners, Danny is close to breaking. In an ambitious raid on the historic Velka Pardubicka steeplechase, he discovers there’s much more than prize-money on the line.
When a champion steeplechaser and his rider go missing mid-race, it triggers a succession of strange and frightening events that leads trainer Danny Rawlings on a dangerous quest to uncover a secret that could give vast wealth for a few and dire consequences for many. This enthralling fifth book in the Danny Rawlings series builds to an exciting showdown for the rebirth of the historic Cardiff Open at Wales’ newest racetrack Ely Park.
An horrific death at the climax to Ely Park’s Welsh Champion Hurdle Trial forces Danny to confront the darker side of racing. With both career and life at stake, he hunts down a serial killer and uncovers a shocking secret that will be felt far beyond the reaches of the sport.
Fear grips the horse racing community after a spate of vicious attacks on leading jockeys. When National Hunt trainer Danny Rawlings also takes out a Flat racing licence to compete with the suspiciously successful neighbour Toby Carmichael, he suddenly finds himself and his family thrust into the firing line.
Riding in a rough race at Doncaster unwittingly catapults Danny Rawlings into the path of a brutal killer who stops at nothing to protect the mysterious methods behind their miraculous winning streak. It’s left for Danny to solve the secrets of XII before the killer silences him too.
Keen to impress on his first assignment as an undercover investigator for horse racing’s ruling body, Danny Rawlings takes on the case of three missing stable staff, all from the same yard. But he soon finds himself out of his depth, fearing he will be the next to disappear.
Danny Rawlings is sent to wrap up a seemingly simple case of feuding families in his role as an agent to racing’s rulers when he discovers a dark secret that raises the stakes.