TY - BOOK AU - Francis, Felix, TI - No reserve T2 - A Dick Francis novel SN - 9781804183229 U1 - 823.92 23 PY - 2023/// CY - London PB - Zaffre KW - Auctioneers KW - Fiction KW - Livestock auctions KW - Race horses KW - Death KW - Investigations KW - Corruption KW - Murder KW - Thrillers (Fiction) KW - lcgft N2 - Theo Jennings is a young auctioneer at the Thoroughbred sales ring in Newmarket. The October yearling sales are where the big money exchanges hands in frenzied auctions: millions of Guineas paid for horses that are as yet unnamed, untested, and have never taken a step on the track. It's the greatest gamble in all of horseracing, and one that can end in ruin. Theo has just made the biggest sale of his life, when he overhears a secret conversation between the two bidders - can they really have colluded to fix the price of his big sale? When that same horse is found dead the next morning, he has no choice but to investigate, even against the wishes of his boss. But the more he uncovers, the less he can trust the people around him. The higher the stakes, the greater the risk. And in the bloodstock game, the ultimate price can be murder ER -