In The Frame

From a New York Times bestseller, action, character, and color ride in perfect balance in a thriller about a horse portraitist turned amateur sleuth (Kirkus Reviews). Dick Francis, Edgar Awardwinning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. Charles Todd, a renowned painter of horses, is shocked when he turns up at his cousin Donalds house for a weekend visit to find his cousins young wife dead on the floor and Donald the polices prime suspect. Determined to prove Donalds innocence, Todd trails a series of clues from England to Australia to New Zealand, only to realise someone is trailing him. Someone with every intention of taking him out of the picture for good . . . Praise for the writing of Dick Francis: Dick Francis is a wonder. The Plain Dealer Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop. Chicago Tribune Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace. Boston Herald [The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills. Newsday [Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries. The Wall Street Journal Francis is a genius. Los Angeles Times Nobody executes the whodunit formula better. Chicago Sun-Times A rare and magical talent . . . who never writes the same story twice. The San Diego Union-Tribune