Every once in a while a diligent used book hound can hit it lucky. I did today when I happened to stop by Secondhand Prose, the Friends of the Library store in Oregon City.
I found a stash of Dick Francis books that someone had recently dropped off and they landed on the 25¢ shelf. I grabbed all 24 of them for the whopping price of $6!
Eleven of them are duplicates for me -- I'll pass them on to my sister -- but thirteen are those I've been looking for, including two of his three Edgar winners, Whip Hand and Forfeit. The list of those new to me are:
Dead Cert (1962)
Flying Finish (1966)
Forfeit (1968) (Edgar winner)
Slayride (1970)
Rat Race (1970)
Bonecrack (1971)
Risk (1977)
Trial Run (1978)
Whip Hand (1979) (Edgar winner featuring Sid Halley)
Reflex (1980)
Twice Shy (1981)
The Danger (1983)
Straight (1989)