The most obvious related titles are Odds Against and Whip Hand, the two previous Sid Halley novels. Since horse racing elements are omnipresent in Francis's works, all of his titles are related in terms of their framework subject matter. Further, each of his narrator-heroes, whatever his name, family background, or nominal profession, is an admirable person with whom the reader immediately becomes empathetic.

These similarities of subject matter and hero do not result in a series of novels that simply are variations on the same theme.

Rather, Francis creates singular situations, plot surprises, and individually realized characters for each of his books.